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What Is the Value of Algebra?
The Washington Post ^
| February 16, 2006
| Richard Cohen
Posted on 03/07/2006 10:12:59 AM PST by RBroadfoot
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This is an old article, but I couldn't find it on FR.
In the article, Cohen admits that he doesn't understand algebra, can't even do percentages, and just doesn't get it. Though he admits his own stupidity in elementary mathematics, this liberal thinks himself qualified to opine on tax rates, budgets, economic development, inflation, monetary policy, military issues, etc.
BTW, Gabriela skipped 62 of the 93 days during her final semester. Maybe that would explain a large part of her failure.
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-dropout30jan30,0,3211437.story?page=3
To: RBroadfoot
To know how much paint to buy.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:13:42 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(The liberal press has picked sides ... and they have sided with the Islamofascists)
To: RBroadfoot
What Is the Value of Algebra? Hmmmmm.....it's been awhile, but I think it's X.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:14:19 AM PST
by
edpc
To: xsmommy
If x = Ping, solve for y.
To: RBroadfoot
Of course you need algebra everyday,
If DeShawn sells 27 crack rocks at ten dollars each, and then takes the money and buys a new Saturday Night Special, how many pimps can he whack in the next two nights before the cops can trace the bullets?.........
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:16:08 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: RBroadfoot
I can see this argument for Trig and Calculus but not Algebra.
To: RBroadfoot
"failing algebra six times in six semesters"
That would be a 100% failure rate... just trying to help.
To: RBroadfoot
"Gabriela, sooner or later someone's going to tell you that algebra teaches reasoning. This is a lie propagated by, among others, algebra teachers. Writing is the highest form of reasoning."
Not surprisingly, this statement comes from a professional writer. :)
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:16:52 AM PST
by
Omedalus
To: RBroadfoot
I've managed to get to be 41 years old without learning algebra and I seem to get by just fine.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:17:15 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: RBroadfoot
His (typical liberal journalist/NON-math/non-arithmatic! attitude) appears sympathetic, but that supposed sympathy hides the refusal to require even average kids to BEAR DOWN, GET TOUGH, and STUDY.
Gee Mr. Cohen, isn't it easier when you can "fake" strings of illogical words and thoughts together in sentences, rather than be forced to follow the strict rules of mathematical logic and rules?
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:17:56 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: martin_fierro
OMG i am distressed to know that i am in agreement with Richard Cohen! i despise him AND math!
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:17:57 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: RBroadfoot
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.
ROBERT HEINLEIN
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:18:00 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the rear, or a Fool from any side.”)
To: RBroadfoot
A train leaves N.Y. City heading East at 50 MPH. How long before someone drowns?
To: RBroadfoot
The final value of algebra is 42.
Duh.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:18:13 AM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: RBroadfoot
I suppose Richard Cohen is among the elite at WAPO who thing GWB is stupid.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:19:15 AM PST
by
js1138
To: RBroadfoot
if zot = kitty and kitty is less than tinfoil, but more than hugh, how much is series?
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:19:52 AM PST
by
jdm
To: edpc
More than that, it's infinite!
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:19:58 AM PST
by
Toby06
To: RBroadfoot
Chuck Norris can divide by zero!
To: RBroadfoot
My worst subject. If you get lost early there is no hope for a comeback.
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posted on
03/07/2006 10:20:11 AM PST
by
Blackirish
(What kind of name is Plame anyway?)
To: RBroadfoot
Here's the thing, Gabriela: You will never need to know algebra. I have never once used it and never once even rued that I could not use it. ... Has this guy ever had to make change?
-PJ
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