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Fraction of learning

When three into one doesn’t go

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The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.
Wed Sept 18 2024 - 01:00

Sir, – Nearly 60 years ago in primary school I went through a period of great confusion.

In one class we were taught that three into one didn’t go, and in the next class we were taught there were three persons in the one god.

This confusion went on for far too long but it was cured in an instant.

We got a new teacher who taught us fractions! – Yours, etc,

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DR DAMIAN DOYLE,

Carnew,

Co Wicklow.