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1. What do you expect from a Col. who never needed to balance his budget.

Sat Mar 3, 2012, 08:06 PM

Mar 2012

I had a retired DI try to teach in the seventh grade (1953). Totally worthless.

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In Perspective — Evolution of teaching math [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2012 OP

What do you expect from a Col. who never needed to balance his budget. Downwinder Mar 2012 #1

The Col. was a JAG. n/t TexasTowelie Mar 2012 #9

one time at blockbuster d_r Mar 2012 #2

They left one out saras Mar 2012 #3

Crap, now I'm going to have to dig out my algebra book. TexasTowelie Mar 2012 #4

You must of had a great sixth-grade math teacher! TexasTowelie Mar 2012 #13

Calculator? What's that? A funny name for a slide rule? saras Mar 2012 #14

For Christ sakes, that isn't mathematics longship Mar 2012 #5

The problem here is that calculators EXIST, period eridani Mar 2012 #10

This story has been around since the 70s proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #6

Actually, it was the 2010 Spanish addition that caught my attention. TexasTowelie Mar 2012 #7

People who pass that thing around haven't been in a math classroom in years. knitter4democracy Mar 2012 #11