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NYC_SKP

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1. We don't need mathmaticians, we need kids who can read a tape measure, know fractions...

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2012, 09:51 PM

May 2012

kids who can sketch an idea on a napkin or triple the ingredients for a recipe or for a building project.

We lost our way as a society, and schools have followed.

Indeed, we don't need mathmaticians.

We need well-rounded kids with a broad set of hard and soft skills.

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A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school [View all] proud2BlibKansan May 2012 OP

We don't need mathmaticians, we need kids who can read a tape measure, know fractions... NYC_SKP May 2012 #1

When I'm in that nursing home or hospital many years from now, proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #2

! patrice May 2012 #4

Math has intrinsic value, beyond a means of employment. The logic patterns alone are patrice May 2012 #3

I like what, I think it was, John Dewey had to say about this stuff: We have it backwards in patrice May 2012 #5

Maybe math major jobs are capped out but exboyfil May 2012 #6

Radical, but a lot of BS longship May 2012 #7

We dont need mathematicians, but we need people who understand the basic concepts of maths and Mass May 2012 #8