From: John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 12:39:36 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Rant (was F-16 Dead-Stick Landing...NOW
training/education)
On Feb 4, 2011, at 23:11, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote
On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 00:39:36 -0500 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
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(I've also been slipping in some things like Isn't 13+14 the same as 13
+4+10?... mainly as a way of speeding up mental arithmetic)
Good idea.
go across the lake pontchartrain causeway, abusing a gps for
I'll look into that!
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On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:31, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 00:39:36 -0500 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
(I've also been slipping in some things like Isn't
On Feb 4, 2011, at 23:11, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:27:02 -0500 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
It isn't like the workbooks don't come close to it ( __ + 3 = 5 is
identical to x+3=5; solve for x, except people make a bigger fuss
about the latter
That is one bone I have to pick with our schools system(s); they do not
promote, foster, or encourage those that attend to acquire the skill of
teaching themselves; it almost seems like it is viewed as undesirable and
therefor quashed at a very early stage.
But then the true understanding
John Reames wrote:
That is one bone I have to pick with our schools system(s); they do not promote, foster, or encourage those that attend to acquire the skill of teaching themselves; it almost seems like it is viewed as undesirable and therefor quashed at a very early stage.
We're off the
On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:17 -0500, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
That is one bone I have to pick with our schools system(s); they do not
promote, foster, or encourage those that attend to acquire the skill of
teaching themselves; it almost seems like it is viewed as undesirable and
Instead of disagreeing with you, I will instead wonder what McCarthy would
think of the idea of everyone being treated as if they were an interchangeable
little cog in a big machine.
If you look far enough down that road, you can probably see that sanitation
engineers would had salaries that
Yeah, I read about that; isn't one fundamental flaw in the argument that the
guy not only did not claim to be an engineer, but that the report itself stated
that it was prepared by the citizens?
If that prosecution holds any water, then using your own judgment on how to
deal with a cut,
, February 04, 2011 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Rant (was F-16 Dead-Stick Landing...NOW
training/education)
On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:17 -0500, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
That is one bone I have to pick with our schools system(s); they do not
promote, foster, or encourage
Dead-Stick Landing...NOW
training/education)
On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:17 -0500, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
That is one bone I have to pick with our schools system(s); they do not
promote, foster, or encourage those that attend to acquire the skill of
teaching themselves
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:51:43 -0500 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
What is the area under a singular point under a curve? (Isn't the area
under a point effectively zero?)
No, it's identically zero.
If no one can be disadvantaged relative to others, can you even have a
concept such
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:43:07 -0500 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Lacy needs to find something productive to do for the nice salary we're
paying him.
Sounds like your next project, Wilton, is to make sure that happens.
Craig
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Ding ding ding! (we have a winner!)
I'm glad to be corrected there... I haven't integrated in... Well I wont go
there ...
So, once a kid has the specifics of arithmetic evaluations done, would it be
wrong to start introducing more general forms of expressions (aka algebra...)??
It isn't like
In my psych class a year back, I learned something.
Strictly speaking, a well-employed person with a degree, is abnormal.
The definition of normal slides depending on the geographic location as
well, so normal is different all the time.
If we keep everyone normal, then we're on the fast track to
I'd love to.
Wilton
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From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Rant (was F-16 Dead-Stick Landing...NOW
training/education)
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:43:07 -0500 WILTON wilt
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:27:02 -0500 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
So, once a kid has the specifics of arithmetic evaluations done, would
it be wrong to start introducing more general forms of expressions (aka
algebra...)??
Wrong? Why would it be wrong if you just pointed out
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:55:12 -0500 Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com
wrote:
In my psych class a year back, I learned something.
Strictly speaking, a well-employed person with a degree, is abnormal.
Abnormal, or not average?
Craig
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] OT Rant (was F-16 Dead-Stick Landing...NOW
training/education)
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:43:07 -0500 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Lacy needs to find something productive to do for the nice salary
we're paying him.
Sounds like your next project, Wilton, is to make sure
Abnormal, I remember it well.
Walt
On Feb 4, 2011 11:13 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:55:12 -0500 Walt Zarnoch zarnoch...@gmail.com
wrote:
In my psych class a year back, I learned something.
Strictly speaking, a well-employed person with a degree, is abnormal.
John wrote:
The schools system(s) don't seem to know...
Systems are good for some things, but education does not seem to lend
itself to systems approaches. If you want that kid to learn, best get
him out of the systems approach as you have already identified too
many problems in their
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