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My child is having trouble in algebra 2. She got her progress report today and
\n" ); document.write( "has a 68. For the last couple of weeks she says they have been doing word
\n" ); document.write( "problems and she says she does not get it at all. She says she also does not
\n" ); document.write( "get the inequalities, the teacher gives 5 different ways to do the problem and
\n" ); document.write( "when she did the test she says he said she chose the wrong method? As a parent
\n" ); document.write( "what do I do?
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\n" ); document.write( "Post problems on here, stating the exact instructions, and we'll try to
\n" ); document.write( "help. If the instructions say to use one method and the student uses
\n" ); document.write( "another, then even if the correct answer is arrived at, the problem is
\n" ); document.write( "still wrong! Following instructions is extremely important. Also.
\n" ); document.write( "learning different methods of solving the same problem is also important
\n" ); document.write( "because there are some problems that can only be solved by one method and
\n" ); document.write( "others similar to it that can only be solved by another. There is a lot
\n" ); document.write( "more to mathematics than just getting the right answer.\r
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