I think that this all started with "new math" in the 60's. No,
really. "old" math got us to space, to the leading economic power in
the world to Victory in 2 world wars but it wasnt' good enough. I...
I ... I"m not gonna get started here. My wife is an elementary
school teacher and I can go on for hours on what 'administration" has
done to remove teaching from teachers.
ARRRRGGHHHHH1!!!!!!
lester
.. but I teach my sons the way I was taught, little bits here and
there..
On Feb 10, 2007, at 6:08 PM, b-evans@earthlink.net wrote:
>> Frank Clarici wrote: "I can show you college grads that don't
>> have a lick of common sense. I have a brother in law that raised
>> 3 of them. dumb as stumps but they all have degrees, no jobs but a
>> piece of paper that tells every one they are "smart"
>
> All the degrees in the world don't mean spit! A MA, MS, PhD, ete
> only means that a person is a *little* bit knowledgeable in one
> very narrow subject, such as "The Influence of Congressional
> District Demographics in the 24th Congress". (That just happened
> to be the dissertation topic of someone very, *very* close to me.)
> Me? I am just grateful to be an elementary school graduate!
>
> Buster Evans
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