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In reply to the discussion: The 50's, 60's and 70's were the golden age of education in this country [View all]hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)46. I agree 100%.
Class of 1978 here. Math was pushed for us. Math teaches more than addition and subtraction. Math makes one think. It exercises and grows the brain, and therefore, it is one of the ways that people actually become smarter.
I was at a fast food drive through the other day, and the young woman at the cash register messed up in entering the amount I paid. She needed to calculate my change without benefit of the screen on the cash register. She couldn't do it. She needed to return 18 cents to me, and she couldn't figure it out. Had to call a manager over to help her and it took him much longer than it should have.
Very sad indeed.
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The 50's, 60's and 70's were the golden age of education in this country [View all]
kimbutgar
Jul 2014
OP
Yes, a lot of it depends on what area you lived in. I lived in a poor county in a poor state.
raccoon
Jul 2014
#40
Helped in their own climb to the top, they then pulled the ladder up after themselves.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#18
I remember having Home Economics in the 70s ,cooking class and sewing class in middle school.
SummerSnow
Jul 2014
#27
Well, from what I have heard on the street corner, the 1920s to early 1930s was best. That is when
Hestia
Jul 2014
#31
And news media. Pick up a TIME from those years and weep at the lost content today.
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#37
Corporations no longer "need" Americans--either as consumers or as workers. That simple. nt
Romulox
Jul 2014
#42
Same thing has happened to me in stores they can't add or subtract in their heads
kimbutgar
Jul 2014
#47