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Agreed!! Just think if our

LisB — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:22:36 +0000

Agreed!! Just think if our calculators and adding machines were to give us "ballpark" totals. Oy.

I always hated math,

Michael Maiello — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:16:15 +0000

I always hated math, preferring the uncertainties, vagaries and subjectivity of art and literature. But um... in math ballpark isn't okay!

What bored math majors come

cmaukonen — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:00:01 +0000

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What bored math majors come up with.

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Donal — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:44:41 +0000

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My grandson's Chinese Maderin

trkingmomoe — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:36:52 +0000

In reply to Oh I just found this: Chinese

My grandson's Chinese Maderin teacher, is here on an exchange program and is teaching American kids for the first time and is from China. She told us parents that she loved the student here because they were not afraid to make mistakes. She liked all the lively discusions because Chinese students don't do that. They don't want to say anything that might make them look stupid. She told us that childern in China is very shy about being creative with their learning.

Hmmm...is education the scape goat for what the corporations have done? Are we going to have to send our brightest to China to get a R&D job? Just food for thought.

Yes, Flowerchild just showed

LisB — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:53:01 +0000

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Yes, Flowerchild just showed me that tonight too, up above.

Oh I just found this: Chinese

Richard Day — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:47:58 +0000

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Oh I just found this:

Chinese schoolchildren have trounced students from other countries on an international education test, reports the New York Times. The 5,100 15-year-olds from Shanghai, who were chosen to give an accurate representation of students across the city, came out on top against other nations in science, reading, and math. The United States, by contrast, placed 23^rd in science, 17^th in reading, and 31^st in math. The test, called the Program for International Student Assessment, is administered to students in 65 countries across the globe by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. While students from Shanghai were No. 1 in the world, students from Hong Kong also performed strongly, placing 3^rd in science and math and 4^th in reading. An education official who served under Ronald Reagan, Chester Finn Jr., likened the performance to "Sputnik" saying: "I've seen how relentless the Chinese are at accomplishing goals, and if they can do this in Shanghai in 2009, they can do it in 10 cities in 2019, and in 50 cities by 2029." Current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, "We have to see this as a wake-up call." He added: "We can quibble, or we can face the brutal truth that we're being out-educated."

The New York Times

Oh, that sucks. Me, I get

LisB — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:37:28 +0000

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Oh, that sucks. Me, I get interested in how trees grow. Why Scottish Fold kittens have ears that flap down. Why sunlight can make a photograph scary or too bright. Why babies laugh at peek-a-boo but then cry at sudden noises. Education is a daily task we all have to strive for, in the long run. Me, I know I have an awful lot to learn. But I also know I'm not stupid. I just know I have to know more than I know. Hee.

Well, if they had to learn a

trkingmomoe — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:36:00 +0000

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Well, if they had to learn a slide rule and use log rythm tables, they would know the world is older then 10,000 years old. My first calculator cost me over $300 now I carry one in my purse that I paid a few dollars for that does more. LOL I still have my slide rule but have forgotten how to use it.

Learning is somthing you have

trkingmomoe — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:28:08 +0000

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Learning is somthing you have to keep doing all your life. Learning is a life skill. It doesn't hurt to go back to school from time to time. I have fun teaching my grandkids. The world is always changing and you have to be ready to change with it. My mother would have been sitting and watching Fox news if it had been around for her to watch. She only saw education as a way to earn big money and it had nothing to do with enjoying and understanding the world around her.