Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A scarey story indeed! But it should be pointerd out that it was the algebraic calculators that ruined kids' math skills. The RPNs were harmless! Javier > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:13:10 -0600> From: jsmith342@gmail.com> To: > lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Calculator collecting anyone?> > > There's something to be said for *not* using a calcuclator until one has> > learned math. I witnessed an appalling incident in which a high school> > superintendent over all of the "special" public high schools down here > told> us that he wanted to use 6 of our classrooms for each of his 4 years > of> students. I knew that we couldn't afford to give away 24 rooms, but > my> colleague, in apparent disbelief, said "HOW MANY CLASSES DO YOU > NEED?!!" as> sort of a rhetorical question. The superintendent had to > write down on paper> 6+6, take the sum of that, add 6 to it and take the > sum, and then add a> fourth 6 to it. He then replied "Twenty six". It was > bad enough that he> hadn't learned his multiplication tables, but when he > couldn't add 6+6+6+6> and come up with the right sum, we knew things had > reached a sorry state.> -- > Jeffery L. Smith> New Orleans, LA> > > _______________________________________________> Leica Users Group.> See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail?-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx