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21 Post author: GLaDOS 04 July 2012 10:29AM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 05 July 2012 08:03:41PM 5 points [-]

students who can't add fractions aren't going to acquire it in two weeks.

The original post seems to say that the students do acquire it in two weeks, they just forget as the class moves on to the next topic. Does that sound right to you?