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Abbott and Costello comedy skit: “13 times 7 is 28” – Real life students at Kennesaw State University: “15 times 4 is 48”
Wordpress ^ | December 1, 2023 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

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


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1 posted on 12/01/2023 2:53:26 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Can’t watch. Makes me sad


2 posted on 12/01/2023 2:54:29 PM PST by albie
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To: albie

“Can’t watch. Makes me sad.”

Yup, it’s pretty bad. They are in college and can’t do 3rd grade arithmetic.


3 posted on 12/01/2023 3:02:22 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: albie

Laurel and Hardy makes me sad. Great pals.


4 posted on 12/01/2023 3:03:48 PM PST by waterhill (I Believe all you need for home defense is an 870 and a Catahoula)
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To: grundle

Ask them questions like gender and transsexualism and they will get the answer right away.

I live in a world where KSU students work.


5 posted on 12/01/2023 3:04:58 PM PST by Dacula
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To: grundle

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.


6 posted on 12/01/2023 3:05:38 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Same experience here.


7 posted on 12/01/2023 3:07:00 PM PST by Kiss7
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To: albie

I am beginning to understand how these students end up $50,000 in debt when they graduate.


8 posted on 12/01/2023 3:17:30 PM PST by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: grundle

dear God, don’t let the kiddies ever see A&C or they’ll think that’s the new math...


9 posted on 12/01/2023 3:27:28 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Ed Condon

“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


10 posted on 12/01/2023 3:29:22 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: grundle

A lobotomy is far cheaper than a college degree and achieves the same results.


11 posted on 12/01/2023 3:32:58 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: grundle

Ma and Pa Kettle do it better:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0aPKvNI9ek


12 posted on 12/01/2023 3:34:11 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Leaning Right
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.

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13 posted on 12/01/2023 3:39:39 PM PST by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: Leaning Right

I agree with you that it’s not the students’ fault.


14 posted on 12/01/2023 3:44:57 PM PST by grundle
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To: Leaning Right

No one can do mental math anymore?


15 posted on 12/01/2023 3:53:59 PM PST by Romulus
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To: ought-six

The worst. Part is that they’re most likely going to graduate.


16 posted on 12/01/2023 3:54:44 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Romulus

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.


17 posted on 12/01/2023 4:19:48 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: grundle

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.


18 posted on 12/01/2023 4:32:28 PM PST by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training, along with DEI are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Public school. Making the people barely smart enough to function, but not too smart. That would only cause trouble.


19 posted on 12/01/2023 4:48:24 PM PST by Romulus
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
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.

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.

20 posted on 12/01/2023 4:53:35 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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