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I would say that Grand Theft Auto and superbowls are the closet you'll get children to understanding Roman Numerals.
Mine learned the Roman numerals in elementary school and then reviewed them again when studying Shakespeare in freshman English. Also, Latin, for those who study it. (All of mine have.)
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It seems that public schools today in comparison to.....50 years ago, are teaching kids very little in the way of much of anything. Well, anything even relatively useful (I have still in my lifetime never had to use calculus, lol). I guess I'm jaded, but it seems so strange that they would even stop teaching cursive. So....when they need to sign their name to a check or whatever, they'll have to print it....because they can't write in cursive. I know that doesn't seem to be important to a lot of people, but in my eyes it just seems to pound yet another nail into the coffin of education....
are you kidding ? kids are barely taught math, have you seen any of the "common core" BS ?
My husband laughed when I read your comment to him. A foundation of Common Core math got our second child (first was a little early for CC, although he also excelled in math) through the equivalent of Georgia Tech's first-year engineering calculus coursework before she graduated high school.
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Originally Posted by mostie
It seems that public schools today in comparison to.....50 years ago, are teaching kids very little in the way of much of anything. Well, anything even relatively useful (I have still in my lifetime never had to use calculus, lol). I guess I'm jaded, but it seems so strange that they would even stop teaching cursive. So....when they need to sign their name to a check or whatever, they'll have to print it....because they can't write in cursive. I know that doesn't seem to be important to a lot of people, but in my eyes it just seems to pound yet another nail into the coffin of education....
I am struggling to come up with an appropriate response to the patently ridiculous statement bolded above. As for never using calculus in your lifetime, that's more a reflection of your chosen career path than the utility of calculus as a course of study.
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Well, since the NFL still designates the Super Bowl using Roman numerals, that first batch you listed would probably be deciphered by most pro football fans.
The second group looks a little tougher, but movie buffs might be willing to take a stab at them.
Watching movies and TV shows actually motivated me to learn Roman numerals - figuring out when the program was made. I think it's a great way to help children conceptualize numerals
It works both ways. He may ask for a book about Malcolm the 10th.
LOL!
Then when he gets older, he'll order "20" beer!
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