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Casually attired in khaki trousers and a gray polo shirt, math teacher Tony Dula scribbles an algebra problem on a sheet of clear plastic and, using an overhead projector, throws the image on the blackboard for his class of 10th- graders. "O.K.," he says, "you have two minutes." Heads bow and sneakered feet tap softly on the floor. Suddenly a student in the second row breaks the silence. "Oooooh! I found it!," she cries. "I feel good!" Another girl waves her hand wildly from the back of the room. "Mr. Dula! Mr. Dula...
...first time in my life that what I do -- actually molding kids' views -- could have negative repercussions for years." For others, there have been frustrating surprises. "I couldn't believe that on my first day some kid was winking at me!" says Vanderbilt graduate Melissa Menotti, 21, who taught algebra to tenth- and eleventh- graders...
...came to this college because there is no math requirement. I actually laughed when I got about the lowest score on the math placement test in the class of '93. The registrar suggested cross-registration at Cambridge Rindge and Latin for remedial algebra, but I told her that I would never need to know more math than my checkbook required--and that meant never dealing with more than three digits...
Elmendorf said the year-long introductory economics course--officially called Social Analysis 10, "Principles of Economics"--will also deemphasize algebra during the macroeconomics half of the course. He said Ec 10, traditionally one of Harvard's most popular courses, will instead introduce more material on current economic issues...
...with small populations and struggling economies. Last year, when 15 of the 28 students at Maine's Allagash High School protested the dearth of humanities courses, the University of Maine decided to fill the gap. This fall the university will offer more than 20 courses, including elementary French and algebra, to 23 Maine schools...