Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58.
The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change, when I
pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her.
She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the
screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to
just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help.
While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried.
Why do I tell you this?
Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:
1. Teaching Math In 1950's
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5
of the price. What is his profit ?
2. Teaching Math In The 1960's
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5
of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math In The 1970's
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is
$80. Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Math In The 1980's
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80
and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
5. Teaching Math In The 1990's
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and
inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the
preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of
$20.
What do you think of this way of making a living?
Topic for class participation after answering the question:
How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes?
(There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it's ok. )
6. Teaching Math In 2009
Un hachero vende una carretada de maderapara $100. El costo de la
producciones es $80. Cuanto dinero ha hecho? Comprende, Hombre??
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Sir Myghin
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a friend of mine glared at his friend the other day as he proceeded to punch 1.5/1 into his calculator. People are far too reliant on those things, I can do complex engineering math stuffs to 2 digits without them, there is no excuse (except high powered exponents ((not really big numbers however)))
Students.Sir Myghin wrote:a friend of mine glared at his friend the other day as he proceeded to punch 1.5/1 into his calculator. People are far too reliant on those things, I can do complex engineering math stuffs to 2 digits without them, there is no excuse (except high powered exponents ((not really big numbers however)))
Save the math heroics for the job. You're gonna need it.
I use so many formulae I have to keep a reference table.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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Sir Myghin
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I use Excel ALREADY! hahahahaSir Myghin wrote:Why not just make an excel sheet to do it for you
Just plug in values and go . . nice!
My point is, you're going to be doing work outside of your discipline.
You ready for that? You'd better be, Bro!
You gotta multitask yourself straight to Hell here in the US these days.
They want MORE - for LESS.
Rock on, Myg. Good luck with school too! You know I'm just razzin' ya.
Get everything you can out of it, dude.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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Sir Myghin
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haha, I live in CanadaCygnusX1 wrote:Sir Myghin wrote:Why not just make an excel sheet to do it for you
You gotta multitask yourself straight to Hell here in the US these days.
and we aren't really that bright if we can't wrap our head around new concepts, engineering is about thinking around corners and solving problems, they just try to make us focus on solving some of them really well.
I was in Physics running equations for my homework- the book said to use my calculator. My father saw what I was doing, took the calculator away and told me "What if it (the calculator) craps out during a test?" - best thing he ever did for me. When I took the test I used the calculator for the high powered number crunching only- I can still do 95% of the math I need to in my head.Sir Myghin wrote:a friend of mine glared at his friend the other day as he proceeded to punch 1.5/1 into his calculator. People are far too reliant on those things, I can do complex engineering math stuffs to 2 digits without them, there is no excuse (except high powered exponents ((not really big numbers however)))
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awesome Zed, my one teacher would always use the example, if you were on a desert island how would you design >insert structural member here<. Good practice, however what the hell are you doing buidling concrete buildings on a desert islandYYZ30 wrote:I was in Physics running equations for my homework- the book said to use my calculator. My father saw what I was doing, took the calculator away and told me "What if it (the calculator) craps out during a test?" - best thing he ever did for me. When I took the test I used the calculator for the high powered number crunching only- I can still do 95% of the math I need to in my head.Sir Myghin wrote:a friend of mine glared at his friend the other day as he proceeded to punch 1.5/1 into his calculator. People are far too reliant on those things, I can do complex engineering math stuffs to 2 digits without them, there is no excuse (except high powered exponents ((not really big numbers however)))
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livestock.
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years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
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other country comes forward to help the beleaguered nation!
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mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
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in Mexifornia and Floruba.
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4,532 Pesos per liter; gas stations only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2030.
-- IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.
-- Floruba voters still having trouble with voting machines.
-- Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh
largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California.
-- White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's
third language.
-- Spotted Owl plague threatens Northwestern United States crops and
livestock.
-- Baby conceived naturally! Scientists stumped.
-- Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.
-- Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more
years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
-- France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica. No
other country comes forward to help the beleaguered nation!
-- Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported
legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
-- George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.
-- Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces
mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
-- 85-year, $75.8 billion study: Diet and exercise is the key to weight loss.
-- Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.
-- Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure for third consecutive year
in Mexifornia and Floruba.
-- Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter
speed they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.
-- Abortion clinics now available in every High School in United States.
-- Senate still blocking drilling in ANWR, even though gas is selling for
4,532 Pesos per liter; gas stations only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.
-- Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.
-- Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.
-- Average height of NBA players is now nine feet seven inches with only
3 illegitimate children.
-- New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters
and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2030.
-- IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.
-- Floruba voters still having trouble with voting machines.
Don't start none...won't be none.
Glenn Beck: Callers Fire Up Chainsaws on Earth Day
This message is brought to you by Evil Conservative Industries...
GLENN: Do we have Tim in Cleveland is a forest manager. He's cutting
down trees today in celebration of Earth Day. Do we have Tim on the
phone? Tim, are you there?
CALLER: Yeah, I'm here, Glenn.
GLENN: Hi, how are you?
CALLER: Good, how are you doing?
GLENN: Well, I'm very good. I'm very good. Where are you cutting
down trees, sir?
CALLER: I'm in Ashtabula County, Northeast Ohio. It's a wildlife
habitat. My landowner is a big hunter and we're going through his woods
and making a couple of half acre clear cuts and that's where he will lay in
wait for the deer to come. Deer are very curious creatures and they will
come and investigate these clear cuts and he'll shoot them.
GLENN: This is like nirvana here.
CALLER: Yeah.
GLENN: This is not only going to hack off all the environmentalists
but all the PETA people, too.
CALLER: That's exactly right.
GLENN: So Tim, how come I don't hear the chainsaws running.
CALLER: I can start it up right now. Do you want to hear it?
GLENN: This is too good to be true. Tim, hang on just a second
because I want to savor this moment. Hang on just a second. Let me
give our commercial for this half hour and then you start.
CALLER: All right.
GLENN: Stu, this is like Dan, I need Barry White music. This is
almost full-fledged-light-some-candles, this is eroticism.
STU: I'm just glad it's so good for the Earth on Earth Day.
GLENN: You say is that and it sounds sarcastic.
STU: It sounds sarcastic? No.
GLENN: Give me a little Barry White on the program, will you?
(Break)
(Earth Day spoof)
GLENN: That's right, it is time to go all green. We go back to Tim
who is a forest manager. He is cutting down trees in honor of Earth well,
not really in honor. We could say in honor of Earth Day, can't we, Tim.
CALLER: Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
GLENN: In honor of Earth Day. That's fantastic. Are you ready?
CALLER: Yeah, I'm ready.
GLENN: Go ahead.
CALLER: I have to yell "Timber" first.
GLENN: You've got to what?
CALLER: I have to yell "Timber" first.
GLENN: Oh, okay. Don't you do that right before the tree falls?
CALLER: Timber! (Chainsaw starting up).
All done. I laid down an Aspen tree with Glenn's name on it and an
Aspen tree with Stu's name on it. So you are both involved.
GLENN: That is fantastic. Those are little teeny trees. Don't you
have like a big huge oak or something?
CALLER: No, no, we don't cut oak. We cut Aspen and stuff like that
and we leave behind the good stuff.
GLENN: Well, I'm looking for somebody else that would be willing
to cut down the good stuff, you know. They're not American Elms, are
they?
CALLER: Well, actually they are. Yes, they are.
GLENN: They are? Because I know those are like here in New York
City, you go to Central Park, American Elms, those are a big deal
because they are almost wiped out and everything else. So, I mean, give
me another Elm, just give me another American Elm.
CALLER: I want to hear another American Elm? Coming right up.
Let me fire this back up.
GLENN: Because they are so loved here in New York City.
CALLER: Yeah, I know. (Chainsaw starting). I forgot the
*inaudible*
GLENN: I don't think you are actually cutting any trees down. Stu,
do you think he's cutting any trees down?
CALLER: Yeah, I'm cutting them down.
STU: They must be very small trees.
GLENN: Well, no, they could be small. They're small. They're junk
trees. These are, what do you call those trees that are
CALLER: Cull trees.
GLENN: What do you call them?
CALLER: Cull trees, C U L L. Cull trees, poor quality trees.
GLENN: The ones that just kind of, they grow up in the forest, and they
are little stupid trees.
CALLER: They are.
STU: This is what's positive here is when you cut down trees for a
purpose such as what's happening right now, what usually happens, and
this is why the tree density is so much higher in this country than it used
to be is that there will be more planted, there are more I mean, when
you cut down trees for paper, it's a positive thing because you wind up
planting more trees and, you know, over time it's clearly been shown
that all these environmental benefits that go to these companies that are
supposedly cutting down trees, blah, blah blah, blah blah, they were
going to plant them anyway because it's part of their business plan. So I
mean, right now if you had only waited a little while to cut these trees
down, maybe the government could have given you some money to
replant them.
CALLER: Yeah.
GLENN: That's fantastic. Thank you, Stu, for that. That is beautiful.
STU: Thank you.
GLENN: All right, Tim, thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
This message is brought to you by Evil Conservative Industries...
GLENN: Do we have Tim in Cleveland is a forest manager. He's cutting
down trees today in celebration of Earth Day. Do we have Tim on the
phone? Tim, are you there?
CALLER: Yeah, I'm here, Glenn.
GLENN: Hi, how are you?
CALLER: Good, how are you doing?
GLENN: Well, I'm very good. I'm very good. Where are you cutting
down trees, sir?
CALLER: I'm in Ashtabula County, Northeast Ohio. It's a wildlife
habitat. My landowner is a big hunter and we're going through his woods
and making a couple of half acre clear cuts and that's where he will lay in
wait for the deer to come. Deer are very curious creatures and they will
come and investigate these clear cuts and he'll shoot them.
GLENN: This is like nirvana here.
CALLER: Yeah.
GLENN: This is not only going to hack off all the environmentalists
but all the PETA people, too.
CALLER: That's exactly right.
GLENN: So Tim, how come I don't hear the chainsaws running.
CALLER: I can start it up right now. Do you want to hear it?
GLENN: This is too good to be true. Tim, hang on just a second
because I want to savor this moment. Hang on just a second. Let me
give our commercial for this half hour and then you start.
CALLER: All right.
GLENN: Stu, this is like Dan, I need Barry White music. This is
almost full-fledged-light-some-candles, this is eroticism.
STU: I'm just glad it's so good for the Earth on Earth Day.
GLENN: You say is that and it sounds sarcastic.
STU: It sounds sarcastic? No.
GLENN: Give me a little Barry White on the program, will you?
(Break)
(Earth Day spoof)
GLENN: That's right, it is time to go all green. We go back to Tim
who is a forest manager. He is cutting down trees in honor of Earth well,
not really in honor. We could say in honor of Earth Day, can't we, Tim.
CALLER: Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
GLENN: In honor of Earth Day. That's fantastic. Are you ready?
CALLER: Yeah, I'm ready.
GLENN: Go ahead.
CALLER: I have to yell "Timber" first.
GLENN: You've got to what?
CALLER: I have to yell "Timber" first.
GLENN: Oh, okay. Don't you do that right before the tree falls?
CALLER: Timber! (Chainsaw starting up).
All done. I laid down an Aspen tree with Glenn's name on it and an
Aspen tree with Stu's name on it. So you are both involved.
GLENN: That is fantastic. Those are little teeny trees. Don't you
have like a big huge oak or something?
CALLER: No, no, we don't cut oak. We cut Aspen and stuff like that
and we leave behind the good stuff.
GLENN: Well, I'm looking for somebody else that would be willing
to cut down the good stuff, you know. They're not American Elms, are
they?
CALLER: Well, actually they are. Yes, they are.
GLENN: They are? Because I know those are like here in New York
City, you go to Central Park, American Elms, those are a big deal
because they are almost wiped out and everything else. So, I mean, give
me another Elm, just give me another American Elm.
CALLER: I want to hear another American Elm? Coming right up.
Let me fire this back up.
GLENN: Because they are so loved here in New York City.
CALLER: Yeah, I know. (Chainsaw starting). I forgot the
*inaudible*
GLENN: I don't think you are actually cutting any trees down. Stu,
do you think he's cutting any trees down?
CALLER: Yeah, I'm cutting them down.
STU: They must be very small trees.
GLENN: Well, no, they could be small. They're small. They're junk
trees. These are, what do you call those trees that are
CALLER: Cull trees.
GLENN: What do you call them?
CALLER: Cull trees, C U L L. Cull trees, poor quality trees.
GLENN: The ones that just kind of, they grow up in the forest, and they
are little stupid trees.
CALLER: They are.
STU: This is what's positive here is when you cut down trees for a
purpose such as what's happening right now, what usually happens, and
this is why the tree density is so much higher in this country than it used
to be is that there will be more planted, there are more I mean, when
you cut down trees for paper, it's a positive thing because you wind up
planting more trees and, you know, over time it's clearly been shown
that all these environmental benefits that go to these companies that are
supposedly cutting down trees, blah, blah blah, blah blah, they were
going to plant them anyway because it's part of their business plan. So I
mean, right now if you had only waited a little while to cut these trees
down, maybe the government could have given you some money to
replant them.
CALLER: Yeah.
GLENN: That's fantastic. Thank you, Stu, for that. That is beautiful.
STU: Thank you.
GLENN: All right, Tim, thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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That's fucking disgusting. I've gone from liking Glenn Beck to feeling sorry for his teary ass to just hating him.CygnusX1 wrote:Glenn Beck: Callers Fire Up Chainsaws on Earth Day
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I'd like to shackle him and run a chainsaw next to his cheek for an hour. That'll give him something to cry about.And as to Ashtabula guy...I'm looking for him right now.
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