Brilliant math teacher 'threatens' puppies to get through to students

Need to keep a student's attention? Threaten a bunny.

Though it can be a struggle for teachers to motivate their students, this teacher devised a low-key terrifying way to catch the class's attention: Threaten the life of a puppy.

Obviously fed up with repeated errors, this teacher used clever posters to persuade students to treat math equations as though the lives of innocent animals were in their hands. It's not a bad idea.

Math is difficult for a lot of people. But if the life of a tiny orange kitten depends on your grades, getting an A should be easy.


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