Hmmm, “New Math”, you are a bit older them me, I figured New Math was invented for me. They said it was “new”. They gave up on it when I was in the 3rd or 4th grade.
As I recall it was trying to introduce the concept of functions. Seemed fun to me. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 9:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies It pains me to see the rise of willful ignorance in this country. Sometimes people assume because I’m 65 that I don’t understand science and technology, which they must equate to knowing how to use Snapchat and Instagram. But I went to elementary school during the Space Race and the “New Math”. The smart kids in school were looked up to, science and math were cool. In fact, what is now called “STEM” was viewed as a strategic imperative during the Cold War. Good teachers were heroes of the community. Families had encyclopedias on the bookshelf and Scientific American, National Geographic, Time and Newsweek on the coffee table. High schools taught US and World History and some form of Civics class. Which apparently is coming back and is considered “pushing the envelope”: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-civics-required-for-graduation-met-20150907-story.html Back when I was a kid, lots of people may have been ignorant or lacked education, but I don’t remember anyone being proud of it. From: Patrick Leary Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies Even worse Rory, because then you have many people who claim to know the meaning of these labels but they are simply incorrect and are repeating sound bites, and/or misapply them as a matter of course, even in contradiction without a trace of irony. …e.g., “Obama is a follower of Reverend Wright!!!,” but is also a Kenyan born Muslim. Go figure. It’s the death of critical thinking in this country. It has spawned lots of ignorance. Did you know an elected city zoning board in Woodland, NC just banned a solar farm on the grounds that it would steal too much of the sun’s energy, thus putting photosynthesis of plants and crops at risk? Yeah, that just happened in the U.S.A….in 2015. http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/ Patrick From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 8:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies I think that was misunderstood. My point was, regardless of the candidates, is that the vast majority of voters simply don’t know the facts, don’t care about the facts, and are not prepared to provide a vote that is based on research and education. I can ask 10 people what the Trans Pacific Partnership was about and 10 of them won’t have a clue. Show a picture of Biden to 10 people and I’d be surprised if 8 of them recognize him and his position in the government. Most of them don’t have any idea of our country’s history, could tell you the difference between Democracy, Socialism, and Communism, or even know who fought in World Wars, the Civil War, or even which side won. The fact is, even with all the resources available to the public today, the average voter is more ignorant today than in the past. The all know the Kardashians but few of them could name off their Senators or Congressman. This isn’t partisan, this is the state of our country today. Picking out supporters of any candidate for being ignorant is trite when the entire electorate is clueless. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 6:19 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies Not trying to offend anyone on list....I get kick out of all mayhem on news...but if you do get offended....I can only say. If the shoe fits...don't take it off. On Dec 13, 2015 6:08 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: It's actually a sign of great intelligence to simultaneously hold two opposite opinions at the same time. bp<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 12/13/2015 5:02 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: I think calling people ignorant because they support an opposing candidate is over simplification and pretty ignorant itself. Trump is appealing to the base fears and anger for a large number of people who believe nobody else is addressing th those concerns. I had to laugh today. I saw some consultant interviewing a bunch Trump supporters. Some lady said she didn't like Obama because he was arrogant and thought to much of himself. I thought, "wait a second. You are a trump supporter?" Doesn't Trump have nearly the entire market cornered on that trait? On Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 6:50 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: And I like Mickey Mouse's voice much better compared to Cruz or Trumps... On Dec 13, 2015 5:44 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote: Lets fact check Rory....lol On Dec 13, 2015 5:03 PM, "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> wrote: Really, and Hillary supporters don’t even acknowledge she sold influence in that State Department for billions and took hundreds of millions for bogus speeches. All candidates have followers that really don’t know what’s going on so singling out Trump is bogus if you don’t add the voters who thought Obama was going to pay their mortgage (that was a real Einstein moment). With 90% of the people not even knowing who the vice-president is, you can always find idiots who will vote for Mickey Mouse if he said he was for some hot political topic. Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 3:10 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies The scary thing Stefan is not Trump as much as his followers...when they are interviewed it reminds how narrow minded they are...they think professional wrestling is real among other things but I might offend some on list... On Dec 13, 2015 2:26 PM, "Stefan Englhardt" <[email protected]> wrote: I said foreign view :-). We have very different laws and thoughts on privacy. Our politicians are allowed to keep more privacy. In such a case the private emails would not be open to a broad audience. I did not say she followed US rules. -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> Datum: 13.12.2015 21:40 (GMT+01:00) An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] OT weekend edition: Lies, Lies, Lies ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************
