Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standard of education
"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... The message from johannes contains these words: No you don't. You were making a point about Numeracy or Arithmetic. Maths or Mathematics is the wrong word for your examples. Mathematics is such things like Calculus and Algebra for starters, but is is a pervasive subject, always has been and always will be. Have you tried Sizefitter yet? It is free for you; I'm the inventor, author and programmer. Johannes, it's best to ignore Mike Crowe. He makes these off-topic posts so that he can splash his sig. around the net - in the hopes of enticing people who know no better to attend his reunions. He also likes to be condescending, as you may have noticed? He doesn't know the difference between Arithmetic and Maths, and is too old now to learn. You can't teach someone with a closed mind, it would be like trying to educate pork... He's also unsure of the difference between "wonderful examples" and "complete fabrications". Whether this is because he is stupid or dishonest is not yet clear. |
Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standard of education
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:22:57 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote: The message from johannes contains these words: No you don't. You were making a point about Numeracy or Arithmetic. Maths or Mathematics is the wrong word for your examples. Mathematics is such things like Calculus and Algebra for starters, but is is a pervasive subject, always has been and always will be. Have you tried Sizefitter yet? It is free for you; I'm the inventor, author and programmer. Johannes, it's best to ignore Mike Crowe. He makes these off-topic posts so that he can splash his sig. around the net - in the hopes of enticing people who know no better to attend his reunions. He also likes to be condescending, as you may have noticed? He doesn't know the difference between Arithmetic and Maths, and is too old now to learn. You can't teach someone with a closed mind, it would be like trying to educate pork... Johannes is an old sparring partner of Mike's. They have had repeated arguments in several different forums and always disagree on principle. I just wish they would BOTH go away somewhere else. |
Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standardof education
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Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standard of education
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:19:53 +0100, Anne Jackson
wrote: Well, comparing the two, Johannes' head doesn't seem to be stuck quite so far up his own arse... I think that's a fair statement, but he delights in winding up Mike, who is too stupid to see it. |
Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standard of education
johannes wrote:
When I went to school a lot of many years ago, there were no concern about learning to cope with conditions that I would meet as adult; that kind of knowledge was considered 'trivial', something you could always pick up as and when necessary. You don't say whether you feel enriched or impoverished by that policy, but the attitude of "what was good enough for me is good enough for everyone else till the end of time" is one that evolving cultures cheerfully ignore. |
Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standard of education
"'Mike'" wrote:
So you feel that these other issues are more important than Maths? Personally I feel that just about everything is more important than maths. I need an abacus to add up two plus two and I have to say I've never found this to be a serious disability. I don't think so and I feel that the 'example' is very typical of how we are ignoring the basics and it is down to Political Correctness. Ranting hardens the brain. I have resolved to take all my stiff opinions and use them as garden stakes. They're no good for anything else. Even others subscribing to the thread failed to pick up the message. Are they PC Brainwashed as well? As well as whom? |
Wonderful example of PC interference and down turn in the standard of education
brian mitchell writes
"'Mike'" wrote: So you feel that these other issues are more important than Maths? Personally I feel that just about everything is more important than maths. I need an abacus to add up two plus two and I have to say I've never found this to be a serious disability. That is not maths, that is arithmetic. -- Kay |
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