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Originally Posted by joe moving
How about teaching real life math. Everything I know past basic additional subtraction multiplication and division I use a calculator or the internet for and I have taught myself. MANY people go into mortgages needing the bank to tell them what their monthly payment is going to be!!!!
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Agreed... I think most math programs in schools today are absurd.
I think a lot of the "hoity toity" things in the curriculums today are to make overbearing yuppie parents happy - then kids graduate actually knowing LESS than we did.
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