I’m surprised some Freepers don’t want to ban Algebra, since they think it’s, “Islamic.”
You don’t need math when you have a cash register and say “would you like fries with that?”..
Algebraic thinking should be introduced right after basic numbers. In first and second grade we learned 1 + 1 = 2, 3 + 3 = 6 and similar simple math. It wasn’t until 7th grade that Algebra was introduced with the idea of adding positive and negative numbers. It was really hard to get my brain around that idea and I was not a stupid person. If we had been introduced to ideas like 2 + (-3) = -1 (I think), it would have been much easier to learn more advanced Algebra at a later age.
They already gutted geometry by throwing out the logical proofs and keeping recognition of shapes!
The Elitists want to keep ypu docile and stupid. Willing to accept their “solutions”, or in the absence of your acceptance, they will take your groveing acquiescence with delight.
Maybe we can find out how the South Koreans do it??
Algebra is a system of rules that once learned, enable a huge body of problem solving skills. The problem is, no one wants to learn the rules in a culture that only wants to steal from those who have.
Algebra teaches logic. We don’t need no stinking logic!
knowledge is power
this is why they’re doing everything they can to keep our kids in the dark
a capitalist society assumes you have the mental tools with which to compete. without them, it all seems ‘unfair’ (the chanted mantra of the occu-tards)
Kids can’t do algebra because they don’t know their addition and subtraction fact families or their multiplication tables!!!!!! All they do in the elementary grades is teach math concepts. No emphasis on solving problems. All that is considered “kill and drill”.
“You didn’t solve that!”
I think the reason we do so poorly in math is because not enough mothers are breast feeding their babies. At least that is what Mayor (Nanny) Bloomberg is saying. I think... :-))
When you have this kind of crap going on in the schools claiming to be arithmetic, it’s no wonder they don’t even want to try Algebra anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y29XL99qM6s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI&feature=related
It just ASTOUNDS me that any parent would trust THE ENTIRE future of their kids to these menaces...but they do, I guess because they feel like they have some control over it? LOL.
Algebra teaches you to work hard and be responsible? Is algebra the only way to teach someone to work hard and be responsible? Is algebra the best way to teach someone to work hard and be responsible?
When I was a kid (I’m 53) we took Algebra in 9th grade. Now they are teaching it to 8th graders. Why was this change made?
This is why:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math
This is why:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math
I love algebra. I didn’t when I was in high school, but when I was home-schooling my son, I had a great Algebra book that had the answers in the back, so I would try the equations first, then see if I was correct before teaching them to my son. I had so much fun working the problems because, to me, they were like puzzles. Changing the minuses to plusses and vice-versa, doing ratios, I just had a ball. Unfortunately, I couldn’t transfer my enthusiasm to my son. It may be an age thing.
But I see a use for Algebra in some occupations, such as engineering. It also teaches you to think and to use logic. It’s good for the brain.