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Ammoholic |
Hey V-Tail, you really want to screw with a cashier, do what I do. I hate carrying cash or change. So if my total comes to $26.56 I'll give the cashier $32.06, or some other amount of money to get change in 5's, 10's, and quarters, giving me the smallest amount of change and ones possible. This confuses them to all ends. Many times they hand me back the $2.06 and tell me it's not needed. Multiple times it has required manager assistance. Now when they balk, I just tell them to punch the amount of money into the register and see what happens. When they do that a light bulb goes on for some, some seem to be amazed I can give the a random about of money and they only have to hand me back a five and two quarters, like I just preformed a magic trick of some sort. I'm never speechless when this happens, I just keep my mouth shut because I know what ever I say would make me look like a complete asshole. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Eye on the Silver Lining |
Algebra is everywhere. I used it yesterday to calculate someone’s PTO remaining for the year, based on how many hours they’d worked so far this year (fluctuating PT employee). I used it two days ago to convert a recipe for a breakfast casserole to a smaller quantity than the original recipe called for. I use Algebra every damn day, and I’m no longer in any specialized field. I understand common core is trying to teach kids HOW to think. I think that must be what I don’t like about it. Like many others, I figured out how to think about math on my own, thanks much. I wonder how many budding researchers, scientists, mathematicians, would be effectively nipped in the bud if they didn’t have to THINK a little on their own and work it out themselves. But I’ll do what another poster did- teach my son both ways (probably common core second, after he’s memorized). He’s already counting and adding, and not in K yet, so I might have a chance. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Nope. This can NOT be true! We have it on the AUTHORITY of a resident expert that MOST people have absolutely no need for this stuff. How dare you dispute him? הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Staring back from the abyss |
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Three Generations of Service |
That's it, thanks! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Member |
And Trigonometry is WHERE?????? | |||
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Fortified with Sleestak |
I used trig last year when I had to fell a tree near the house. I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown | |||
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A Grateful American |
Trigonometry, Algebra, and Calculus are all used naturally, by everyone and every living creature, everyday, and most have no idea they do it. Swing at a pitched ball, or kick a moving soccer ball, drive a car, walk across the room or pour a glass of milk. Understanding the science of them so that you are able to apply that knowledge to solve complex problems without having to actually walk, pitch, strike or drive to a point, pour liquid from one container to another. But you want to argue for the sake of argument supposing that if you bang on your empty barrel loud enough you will impress the world. But here's a simple Trig problem even you can solve with help. 1. Take both arms (empty hands) and drop them to you sides. 2. Orient them palms flat to you thighs. 3. Move both backwards as they will naturally move until your pinky fingers touch. 4. Now with a "closing hand motion" full grasp your buttocks. Congratulations!!! You have just found your own ass with both hands, and a robot can be "taught" to do that using Trigonometric functions. (if one provisions said robot with buttocks) "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Yeah, but robots are not like MOST people, dontcha know. You know, the MOST who don't need no steenkin' maff. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Three Generations of Service |
Subtle, Monkey, very subtle... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Flinging monkey poo since December 2008. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I actually meant Calculus and Trigonometry. Not Algebra when I first posted. But somehow put Algebra and got it mixed up with Calculus. Senior moment. | |||
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Music's over turn out the lights |
Is this common core? David W. Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. -Sophocles | |||
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I forgot this was a thing. I personally can not wait to teach my kid my method. Its called either you can look and figure it out, or figure it out yourselves. I never, ever have understood people who write, show work, or anything. Now I sometimes write a placeholder number, but not once have I ever done 4 goes into 16 4+4+4+4 Used guns deserve a home too | |||
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