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elkid
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 Posted: 06/30/03 - 11:57 Post subject: don't they teach math in school anymore?
I purchased a new vacuum this Saturday. Upon returning Chez Partay I realized I had a 10% off coupon. Sunday I return to Best Buy to have them credit my account the 10%. The vacuum was on sale for $150.99. The girl processes the credit, and says "Your account will be credited $7.49 + the tax." I tell her that's wrong, and she says, "Well, that's what the computer calculated." I told her no, that's only 5%, and she starts getting beeotchy because "lady, I know math".
"So," I ask, "How many tens are in a hundred?"
"Ten," she replies, rolling her eyes.
"So how many tens are in a hundred and fifty?"
Blank stare. Feeling charitable, I help her out. "More than ten, you think?" She agrees. "So don't you think that 'more than ten' is more than $7.49?" She agrees again. Then :idea: :idea: :idea: .
This whole transaction took 25 minutes. This chick was at least 16. Don't they teach basic math like percentages anymore???
I mean, it's not like I was at Wal-Mart or anything .... 
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:01 Post subject:
did you break out the abacus on her ass!!!??? 
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:15 Post subject:
best buy does sell calculators
The computer could have done the work if she would've hit the 1 and 0 button also, but that would include reading.
Good going Lauri, handled that one well.
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jrjo
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:20 Post subject:
Maybe I should  , but I've no idea what "Chez Partay" means?!
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keltic63
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:24 Post subject:
good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread!
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copteacher
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:27 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
heck Steve, music is a lot of math with all of those fractions and stuff.
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TreKay
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:44 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:46 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
heck Steve, music is a lot of math with all of those fractions and stuff. |
How can you teach math to a child that can't keep a beat?
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TimRuns
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 12:57 Post subject:
| TreKay wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
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airehead
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 13:04 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
heck Steve, music is a lot of math with all of those fractions and stuff. |
How can you teach math to a child that can't keep a beat? |
So that's why I suck at math AND music????
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 14:58 Post subject:
I had a smart comment, but then I realized I'm quoted by jrjo and all is well in the world for me.
They don't teach anything the rest of us would recognize as math in school. Hand a kid a graphic caluclator and they can do miracles, give them a piece of paper and a pencil and they get that glazed over look...
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 15:21 Post subject:
| kattzoo wrote: | I had a smart comment, but then I realized I'm quoted by jrjo and all is well in the world for me.
They don't teach anything the rest of us would recognize as math in school. Hand a kid a graphic caluclator and they can do miracles, give them a piece of paper and a pencil and they get that glazed over look... |
It is like that for some adults too Except I do not even know what a graphic calculator is
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keltic63
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 15:51 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
heck Steve, music is a lot of math with all of those fractions and stuff. |
How can you teach math to a child that can't keep a beat? |
how can you teach a kid to keep a steady beat if he can't count? 
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 16:32 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | AlaninTX wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | good thing this isn't a teacher-bashing thread! |
heck Steve, music is a lot of math with all of those fractions and stuff. |
How can you teach math to a child that can't keep a beat? |
how can you teach a kid to keep a steady beat if he can't count? |
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
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Posted: 06/30/03 - 18:45 Post subject: Re: don't they teach math in school anymore?
| elkid wrote: | | ...and she says, "Well, that's what the computer calculated."... |
And there's your answer right there. Why learn basic math when a computer will do it for you? 
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