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To: ZULU; sure_fine

I learned grade school math in the 50s, and high school algebra and trigonometry in the early 60s, but what passes for education these days is beyond pitiful.


2 posted on 03/07/2006 6:59:21 AM PST by butternut_squash_bisque (Borders, Language, Cultureā„¢)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque
Dunno. My five year old kindergartner read me "Green Eggs and Ham" last night. I couldn't read at five years old...
11 posted on 03/07/2006 7:02:41 AM PST by Little Ray (I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

calculators were taboo in my HS


16 posted on 03/07/2006 7:14:45 AM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

Does anybody remember how to extract a square root with paper and pencil?

(Really showing age here)


67 posted on 03/07/2006 8:43:07 AM PST by CPOSharky (They don't even like each other.)
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