Earlier today in class, after an introduction and brief discussion of analyzing rational functions, I turned the kids loose to spend the last twenty minutes of the period reviewing for a test tomorrow on material up to, but not including rational functions. As I moved around the room answering questions and helping students, I noticed a girl working on a challenging analysis of a rational function, and remarked, “Auden, that won’t be on the test tomorrow. Why are you working on it now”?

She looked up at me and said: “I just wanted to figure it out”.

Enough said.