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Why do I need to learn fractions?
It’s a fair question if all you ever do is work problems on paper.
But start measuring a board, and fractions suddenly have a purpose. You’re working with halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths because the physical world demands it.
Academic knowledge and practical experience aren’t competing forms of education.
They’re two ways of understanding the same world.
We need both.
#FabricatorsFieldGuide #grownostr #education
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