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To: Java4Jay

I taught a teenager long division a few years ago. She showed me how she was taught to do division and I was dumb founded. I majored in math and I had not the slightest idea of how she was supposed to divide. It took me two hours of pounding into her head how to do long division. While I was teaching her I realized she could not do multiplication. If you can’t multiply division is really hard. And she was an honor student! Can’t do 6th grade math and you’re an honor student in 11th grade? WTF!


35 posted on 03/22/2014 12:36:59 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: jpsb

Ask an Honors Student to calculate a square root. When he/she pulls out their electronic calculator, take it away and tell them to do it by hand. Then, watch them sh*t their pants ...


37 posted on 03/22/2014 12:41:09 AM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: jpsb

That is example of how dumbed down this country is


40 posted on 03/22/2014 12:45:20 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: jpsb

Must memorize multiplication tables up to 12X12


51 posted on 03/22/2014 1:39:44 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: jpsb
Can’t do 6th grade math and you’re an honor student in 11th grade? WTF!

She may not be able to do 6th grade math, but I can guarantee you she will know how to vote Democrat for the remainder of her life.

104 posted on 03/22/2014 8:06:38 AM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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