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It depends on the public school system and the state. In NJ most schools are locally funded and controlled. The wealthier districts have high housing costs, high property taxes, and public schools that, in many cases, are better than many private schools. The poorer districts? Not so much.
I don't know about reading but I have noticed that kids in stores have less then second grade arithmetic skills. If I add some change and a large bill (or next up dollar) to avoid a pocket full of change, they get entirely perplexed, have no idea what's going on. Example: Rung up a total of $4.46 cents. I gave the kid a 10 dollar bill and a penny (to get rid of pennies, get it? ). He gave me 5 dollars and 54 cents back (including the penny I gave him). Been seeing this a lot lately. These (high school) kids have absolutely no sense of numbers. This stuff should be second nature. Was to me when I was their age and working at a gas station (almost all cash transactions in those days).
No computers or calculators should be allowed in classrooms til 7th grade.
In 2013, "cash registers" are computer terminals and they all calculate the amount of change owed a customer. The clerk simply keys in the amount of cash tendered. If you hand over $10.01, that's what the clerk keys in, the $4.55 change is displayed for both of you to see, and that's what you are given.
My neice had English spelling work consistently graded wrong. The school catered to mexican illegal alien children. Pathetic. Happens all across our country.
My neice had English spelling work consistently graded wrong. The school catered to mexican illegal alien children. Pathetic. Happens all across our country.
I suppose they must have done so at your school as well:
In 2013, "cash registers" are computer terminals and they all calculate the amount of change owed a customer. The clerk simply keys in the amount of cash tendered. If you hand over $10.01, that's what the clerk keys in, the $4.55 change is displayed for both of you to see, and that's what you are given.
Your little anecdote is totally unbelievable.
It's quite believable. They key in $10.00 before you can get your change out and in their hands.
What I do now is give the change first and then the dollar bills.
In 2013, "cash registers" are computer terminals and they all calculate the amount of change owed a customer. The clerk simply keys in the amount of cash tendered. If you hand over $10.01, that's what the clerk keys in, the $4.55 change is displayed for both of you to see, and that's what you are given.
Your little anecdote is totally unbelievable.
I don't know in what world you live in but, in mine not EVEY store has computer cash registers.
you're not kidding, I grew up in the 70's and many of my classmates were just a bunch of loosers who didnt want to work and wanted to just party and get drunk all the time, I wondered what kind of parents would they become when they grew up.....well we all know the answer to that question.
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