Posted on 12/01/2023 2:53:26 PM PST by grundle
Abbott and Costello comedy skit: “13 times 7 is 28”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HQPQkP5y_8
Real life students at Kennesaw State University: “15 times 4 is 48”
https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1730253196441080039
Can’t watch. Makes me sad
“Can’t watch. Makes me sad.”
Yup, it’s pretty bad. They are in college and can’t do 3rd grade arithmetic.
Laurel and Hardy makes me sad. Great pals.
Ask them questions like gender and transsexualism and they will get the answer right away.
I live in a world where KSU students work.
I will defend those Kennesaw State students to some extent.
When I was in grade school 60 years ago, we had to memorize the times tables. And so I could - and still can - give you the correct answer to problems like 13 X 9 without the need for paper or a calculator.
That’s no longer the case in many schools districts. And I know what I’m talking about here. I spent decades teaching in an urban school district. In my district, it was forbidden to teach the times tables. Not kidding. It was absolutely forbidden. All math had to be done by calculators only.
So those kids could not tell you what 8 X 4 was without reaching for a calculator. Is that their fault? Not at all.
Same experience here.
I am beginning to understand how these students end up $50,000 in debt when they graduate.
dear God, don’t let the kiddies ever see A&C or they’ll think that’s the new math...
“I am beginning to understand how these students end up $50,000 in debt when they graduate.”
Well, yeah, but how bad can that be when you take a first full time job for $250,000? /^s
A lobotomy is far cheaper than a college degree and achieves the same results.
I agree with you that it’s not the students’ fault.
No one can do mental math anymore?
The worst. Part is that they’re most likely going to graduate.
Mental Math? Ha! Long, long gone.
I ordered eight ounces of roast beef at the supermarket deli. The high school kids says we don’t sell it by the ounce, only by the pound. I kid you not.
So I asked him “How many pounds did I just order?”
I said “There are 16 ounces in a pound. I ordered 8 ounces. How many pounds is that?”
He said “I dunno.”
It went downhill from there.
3 + 4 = 5
A carpenter friend told me that’s how they figure out diagonals. A 3’ x 4’ room will have a 5’ corner to corner to square it up.
Public school. Making the people barely smart enough to function, but not too smart. That would only cause trouble.
You're better off ordering by the number of slices you think you'll need per sandwich. Weight is how they price it. Count is how to buy it.
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