Sorting Decimals

Fifth grade was my worst year in elementary school. I had already seen the inefficiencies of schooling first hand. I also saw an example of teacher incompetence. We were assigned a project where we were supposed to sort decimals and paste them in order. This was nothing new for me. I was just about finished when my teacher approached me. He told me that I was doing the project incorrectly. Although I knew that he was wrong, I didn’t confront him. I went ahead and did things his way. I was just about finished… again. My teacher headed to the front of the class. He had made a mistake. The way to sort decimals is not how he told us. The way to sort decimals is how I had done the project initially.