old(er) technology is wonderful............ "" I dont care how nifty you are with that slide rule, if you cant get up to speed in the time allotted you will fall behind the rest of the class"" but li
Another story on slide rules... once upon a time long ago, I was going to college for the second or third time, I don't remember, but one of our "fellow" students, from an oil rich nation, cornered m
How did them Egyptians ever build them pyramids? Kids will be shown pencils in a museum someday, and this will be good, as long as I am able to keep mine! Jack
just making an anology......... it would be very wrong for me castrate my sons performance in school/life today by limiting him to methods of yesteryear that I might be more comfortable with.........
I remember reading a sci- fi short story yeas ago that concerned the same thing. At some time in the future, scientists attending a conference were stunned by the discovery of one of their members t
If you can get all the answers you need very quickly with a pencil and piece of paper perhaps you are not asking the right question.. Please notice word quickly not sooner or later.. Dave
And that is exactly why I prefer analog gauges with dials. I used to have a digital watch (when they first came out) and it measured time perfectly...just had no sense of the passage of t ime. Mother
I agree with getting calculators & computers de-emphasized in schools. They have a place but not in all classrooms all the time. I'm afraid that kids are becoming skilled at pushing buttons but they
Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:16:18 -0800
It has been a concern of mine for many years that we are not teaching the thinking process as we should. It is not that the calculators and computers are not useful and necessary to our culture, (I
I agree. As an example of not being able to think, try offering the person at the cash register in a Burger King a five dollar bill and seven cents when your total is $4.82. Only one in a hundred wi
Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:14:18 -0800
We all have had that happen! What is even worse is when the bill is $4.82 and you give them a $5.00 bill and 82 cents change, most still look at you with a blank stare, before figuring out that you
It's scary, isn't it? Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Neil, We all have had that happen! What is even worse is when the bill is $4.82 and you give them a $5.00 bill and 82 cents change, most still look at
My ability to keep my checkbook balanced has nothing to do with the use of a calculator but more with my inability to put money into the account. :) :) Regards, Tom
I know of several cases where a high school graduate didn't know how to tell time on a clock that had hands. All they knew were digital clocks. Someone sure let them down along the way. Ron Gibson,