To: cgk
Tell me about it. I ran a framing crew (Carpentry) a few years ago and tried to hire some new talent. I discovered that many didn't know fractions(i.e. 1/2", 1/4"...etc) or how to do basic math. I sat down during lunch time and tried to explain some basics only to be met with a bewildered look in their eyes.
4 posted on
05/14/2003 3:32:20 PM PDT by
Normal4me
To: Normal4me
Yeah, they probably are part of the 5/4ths of Americans who can't do fractions well.
8 posted on
05/14/2003 3:39:34 PM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: Normal4me
Try this simple experiment:
The next time you're buying something and a teenager is at the cash register (fast food, etc.), give them whole bills at first. Then when they punch in the amount you gave them to tally the change, give them the odd pennies, nickels, dimes to round off to the nearest dollar.
Be prepared to be disappointed.
13 posted on
05/14/2003 3:42:35 PM PDT by
randog
(It's always darkest before the dawn--a good time to steal the neighbor's newspaper...)
To: Normal4me
10th graders who take this test can use an FCAT calculator!
I never took ANY test allowing me a calculator. "Show Your Work" is forever burned in my brain.
23 posted on
05/14/2003 3:59:43 PM PDT by
cgk
(Liberal truisms are the useless children of hindsight.)
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