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    Should Maths be taught in School ????

    This is the million dollar question.
    Altho....I doubt if any of these would even know what a million is.....unless it's coloured green of course

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    Hilarious! Sure hope that was a set up vid!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
    Hilarious! Sure hope that was a set up vid!
    I was thinking the same thing or we are in big trouble.

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    I think they should drop Math. It almost kept me from getting out of school!
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    Miss Vermont is hot!!

    The rest of them are Obama voters.
    Or ES thinkers.
    Im waiting for the haters to post Sarah Palin's video about math.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blue View Post
    Im waiting for the haters to post Sarah Palin's video about math.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
    Wonder what made you think of Sarah Palin.
    The fact that you have to know there are 57 states in the union?

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    That is hilarious.

    Stepping on the soapbox and putting on my flame-retardant suit.....

    As a teacher of students of mathematics I think we should learn math. And really learn it. Our students set their sights too low.

    What are the other disciplines I think our children should study?

    Language, at least two. I wish I had seriously studied a foreign language to mastery.

    Sciences

    Histories and Social Studies

    Arts

    And Physical Education. Too many of our students are not active enough. Intramural sports should be emphasized in schools again.

    And we need to quit complaining about how hard it is.
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    That looks like a pretty good list to me. Don't they do these subjects now?

    What DO they study in school these days?
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    They study it but not in too much detail or much detail at all and they don't really learn it, especially the mathematics and sciences. Before my mom was really sick and passed away, she could still perform arithmetic calculations by hand, including fractions. She could also recite some childhood poems memorized and learned in school.

    It seems that our youth are not held accountable for their education any more.

    And this can lead to a whole other discussion on accountability.



    Quote Originally Posted by phesina View Post
    That looks like a pretty good list to me. Don't they do these subjects now?

    What DO they study in school these days?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom View Post
    They study it but not in too much detail or much detail at all and they don't really learn it, especially the mathematics and sciences. Before my mom was really sick and passed away, she could still perform arithmetic calculations by hand, including fractions. She could also recite some childhood poems memorized and learned in school.

    It seems that our youth are not held accountable for their education any more.

    And this can lead to a whole other discussion on accountability.
    I blame the teachers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004 View Post
    I blame the teachers.
    (Wom locks himself in his room so Anne can't get him)
    You and everybody else. They tell you to hold the students accountable, yet "notice" when you have too many failures.
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    (asbestos suit on) I blame No Child Left Behind, a good idea that had horrendous unintended consequences. The extreme example of this is the Georgia cheating scandal, where the teachers actually altered the answers on standardized tests.

    As far as math instruction goes, IMO there is no substitute for the practice/drills that used to be done in elementary school. Math is at the root of all scientific disciplines, as well as accounting and economics. Did you know that compound interest calculation is actually what is called a "differential equation", which is quite advanced math?

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