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   Adam Nedens(Snoopster) said, 9 months ago

   She’s watching “Old, Creepy Desperate Houswives.”
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   briatollah said, 9 months ago

   New math? Is old math in roman numerals?
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   spookcharley said, 9 months ago

   I think “new math” came out in the sixties. I’ve only ever known new math.
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   legaleagle48 said, 9 months ago

   @briatollah

   ’Old math" at this level is traditional, basic arithmetic. “New math” was an experiment from about 45 years or so ago that was designed to teach more abstract mathematical concepts to elementary school-age children on the theory that it would give them a more competitive edge — and it was a disaster!
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   carl craig said, 9 months ago

   @legaleagle48

   i would like to learn more about this are there any history links about it
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   Tog said, 9 months ago

   @legaleagle48

   It certainly was. Around the same time I recall we had to work in binary and denary. That was beyond pointless. I had to use Maths a lot in my working career and still do, but nothing in new Maths was ever remotely useful.
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   olear said, 9 months ago

   Tom Lehrer pretty much sums it up with his song “New Math”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfCJgC2zezw
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   Tom said, 9 months ago

   I thank my Dad for helping me finally understand how to do long division the old Math way.
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   WildBill40 said, 9 months ago

   @Tog

   What’s useful depends on the imagination of the user.
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    James said, 9 months ago

    She probably ends up being a chemist or an engineer or something.
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    BakaBard said, 9 months ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXx2VVSWDMo – New Math, by Tom Lehrer
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    Rx71Wm29 said, 9 months ago

    Now days the education system doesn’t teach math (new or old). To hard for our coddled kids!
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    cdward said, 9 months ago

    @Rx71Wm29

    What ever gave you that idea? My son, a product of the public school system, is doing advanced Calculus just fine. Geez.
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    Albert Alcoceba said, 9 months ago

    What was taught under new Math, which seemed to revolve a lot around set theory, was useless in the way it was taught in isolation. Though the concepts are useful in advanced college level math the concepts of set theory taught in isolation in elementary school are really lost…
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    hariseldon59 said, 9 months ago

    You’d think that Sally would welcome the chance to be with Linus.
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