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Math Pop Quiz Stumps Teacher Union Head
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| December 28
| Erin Einhorn
Posted on 12/30/2006 9:36:31 AM PST by achilles2000
Math pop quiz stumps Randi
BY ERIN EINHORN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Talk about a high-stakes test. The radio audience was live and the question for teachers union president Randi Weingarten involved sixth-grade math: "What's 1/3rd plus 1/4th?"...
Mike Pesca, who was filling in for Lehrer, introduced the show's education topic by saying American college grads can't do basic math while high school grads in Canada and middle-schoolers in India have no trouble.
After Weingarten stumbled, another guest quickly produced the correct answer: 7/12ths, leaving Weingarten to explain herself.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arithmetic; education; math; maths; nea; schools; teachersunions
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To: achilles2000
Guess most HS grads can still be Union Heads. To think that an idiot like this has childrens educational/economic welfare in their hands.
Pray for W and Our Troops
141
posted on
12/30/2006 11:45:05 AM PST
by
bray
(Redeploy to Iran)
To: achilles2000
142
posted on
12/30/2006 11:45:11 AM PST
by
VOA
To: Clara Lou
I am pleased to bash a 'conservative' that forgot such. Tagline...
143
posted on
12/30/2006 11:46:16 AM PST
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: patton
yeah, but i just do it, without explaining it. lol! :D
144
posted on
12/30/2006 11:47:10 AM PST
by
leda
(The quiet girl on the stairs.)
To: durasell
Tom is really short! I saw him years ago when he did Days of Thunder, part of the racing was filmed in our county.
Great story!
To: AmishDude
LOLK
My smarter brother (yes, thank you, he is an PhD astronomer) often teases his other (school teacher)brothers with this simple question.
What group enters college with the lowest SAT scores but graduate with the highest GPA?
146
posted on
12/30/2006 11:50:00 AM PST
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: freespirited
The only division she knows about is dividing Blacks from Whites and Rich from Poor or Your Money from Your Wallet.
Pray for W and Our Troops
147
posted on
12/30/2006 11:50:04 AM PST
by
bray
(Redeploy to Iran)
To: SoftballMominVA
Just goes to show -- no matter how rich and how famous you become, those high school days will come back to haunt you.
NYC kids have no natural respect for celebrities. If they don't like a celebrity, they'll let them know.
148
posted on
12/30/2006 11:50:19 AM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: SoftballMominVA
i'm off to work. take care.
149
posted on
12/30/2006 11:54:00 AM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: RavenATB
Aw, I was just trying to be nice to her being it's the Christmas season.
That being said, I saw in a latter post she's a Dem, so the 'heck' with her.
:-)
150
posted on
12/30/2006 12:01:37 PM PST
by
Condor51
(Mayor Daley (D-Chi) For POTUS . Really, why not? He's more conservative than Rudy! /s)
To: pissant
the idiots running the NEA are commie stooges with no concept how to teach children. They are too stupid.
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Worse, they are products of this school system. They feel good about themselves, feel they are intelligent because they have degrees and an ability to criticize conservatives. And are not the least bit concerned that they have no actual skills.
To: timm22
See my post 150 ;-)
However you bring up a point about my teacher friend. When we used to play Trivial Pursuit (waaaaaaaaay back when) she stunk. The FDR question may stump her, but I'm sure she'd get the Roman Empire.
152
posted on
12/30/2006 12:07:12 PM PST
by
Condor51
(Mayor Daley (D-Chi) For POTUS . Really, why not? He's more conservative than Rudy! /s)
To: patton
Here is a rather easier technique for adding two simple fractions: Remember the formula a/b + c/d = (ad+bc)/(bd). The trick is that you remember the formula by writing a/b + c/d in the usual vertical format and drawing a cross over the two fractions (so that the cross joins the a and d, and also the b and c -- that produces the numerator ad+bc). This works best for small fractions, in that the denominator bd may not be as small as the least common multiple of b and d. But it requires little work or thought to perform: just remember the cross pattern for the numerator, and multiply the denominators.
To: ASOC
Ed. majors.
And that doesn't include HS teachers, who usually get a B.A. in their field. That's true at my university.
154
posted on
12/30/2006 12:11:24 PM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: megatherium
It works, but if you don't reduce it, you only get 1/2 credit.
155
posted on
12/30/2006 12:14:14 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: dhuffman@awod.com
To: TX Bluebonnet
easiest way for me is .33+.25=.58 which by the way is the same as 7/12.
Even though I am not a math whiz, I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
157
posted on
12/30/2006 12:36:00 PM PST
by
Psycho_Runner
(I would reenlist,, but they won't let me bring my assault weapon and other toys.)
To: AmishDude
LOL -You Sir are correct. "Real" degree holders usually have ed majors pertty low in thier respect list.
Next Question for 20 points - can an Ed Major earn a PhD?
158
posted on
12/30/2006 12:53:09 PM PST
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: ASOC
Yes. There are now PhD's in education.
*shudder*
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posted on
12/30/2006 12:54:32 PM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: achilles2000
My "in the head" method produces .58333...
160
posted on
12/30/2006 1:02:04 PM PST
by
LexBaird
(98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
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