I recently went on vacation and boarded my cockatiel at the pet store. When I picked him up, two young women were working there. Here’s the conversation:“Well, that’s nine days at $2 a day. Sharon, what’s two times nine?”“Gee, I don’t know — I think two times ten is twenty. Use the calculator.”Click click click click. “Okay, it say two times nine is eighteen, so that would be $18. Does that sound right?”I said, “Yeah, that sounds pretty close.”God BLESS the American educational system! Isn’t it great?
Numbers are intimidating. If you spell a word wrong, or your grammar is incorrect, chances are good people will still know what you mean. But if you get numbers wrong, they’re just wrong.
starfighter441 almost 11 years ago
you still have to understand the concept to use a calculator though.
luckylouie almost 11 years ago
I recently went on vacation and boarded my cockatiel at the pet store. When I picked him up, two young women were working there. Here’s the conversation:“Well, that’s nine days at $2 a day. Sharon, what’s two times nine?”“Gee, I don’t know — I think two times ten is twenty. Use the calculator.”Click click click click. “Okay, it say two times nine is eighteen, so that would be $18. Does that sound right?”I said, “Yeah, that sounds pretty close.”God BLESS the American educational system! Isn’t it great?
scyphi26 almost 11 years ago
I’d rather let the calculator do all the thinking.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 11 years ago
Numbers are intimidating. If you spell a word wrong, or your grammar is incorrect, chances are good people will still know what you mean. But if you get numbers wrong, they’re just wrong.
rekam Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I hated math. Remember the time I had to call someone for help on some of the homework. Embarrassing. That was 60 years ago and I still remember.