tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post1037559706962394249..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: YOU MAY FORGET WHAT YOU LEARN JUST DON'T FORGET HOW TO THINK - a cranky re-runjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-8114240263577190022014-03-29T09:42:24.651-04:002014-03-29T09:42:24.651-04:00How much research did you have to do to write this...How much research did you have to do to write this post! lol<br />After all, if you ever knew all of that off the top of your head, you should have forgotten it by know (when you wrote this). You said it, I didn't. :)<br /><br />When I begin to "explain" things to my kids, they have this look on their faces, as if to say, "Oh, noooo... Mommy's getting revved up. We're in trouble." <br /><br />Your post tells me that it's worth it.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180243708565855383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-28304489434606522392014-03-26T12:55:33.457-04:002014-03-26T12:55:33.457-04:00"you can do your mathy stuff all day long but..."you can do your mathy stuff all day long but that don't change the facts"<br /><br />quote from my college literature prof when challenged about Biblical time lines ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-44520833751011850132014-03-25T19:04:44.388-04:002014-03-25T19:04:44.388-04:00Coaches don't like *smart alecks* but I do. M...Coaches don't like *smart alecks* but I do. More, more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-60637718107748277182014-03-24T21:46:53.875-04:002014-03-24T21:46:53.875-04:00Well done, sir!Well done, sir!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-87268698992266943242014-03-24T21:39:15.161-04:002014-03-24T21:39:15.161-04:00Great post! Bet the coach hated you! Kind of remin...Great post! Bet the coach hated you! Kind of reminded me of all of the uproar over Then New Common Core!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765055414561998856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-92145662943243425592014-03-24T21:19:57.839-04:002014-03-24T21:19:57.839-04:00I'll bet Joe had to look up the answer or ask ...I'll bet Joe had to look up the answer or ask his brother!Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715337821985446358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-72023844819139584372014-03-24T21:12:00.122-04:002014-03-24T21:12:00.122-04:00I hated math in high school in Germany. I sucked a...I hated math in high school in Germany. I sucked at it.<br /><br />Then I took business math in college here in the States (many, many years later), and wondered why it was so easy. I was the first one ever to get a perfect score on the final exam.<br /><br />Go figure.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-88982368347728891512014-03-24T16:37:15.013-04:002014-03-24T16:37:15.013-04:00You are right of course, I think it could be a hat...You are right of course, I think it could be a hate crime...I am sincerely sorry for hating, although in this case I don't think it was the inability to think, but the decision not to think...the difference may mitigate my guilt. joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-53448078454848389382014-03-24T16:33:20.189-04:002014-03-24T16:33:20.189-04:00Almost followed you. But if you had started that n...Almost followed you. But if you had started that nonsense about a train traveling 60 miles an hour from Philadelphia------ I might have had to throw up. <br />Sadly today with all the electronics allowed in the class room, kids don't need to think, just how to Google and work calculators. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-8093842653664070762014-03-24T16:24:27.763-04:002014-03-24T16:24:27.763-04:00In 2014, it doesn't add up. Here's the pro...In 2014, it doesn't add up. Here's the problem. You are discriminating against those who can't think. There must be some statute prohibiting such a suggestion.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-89943112685019935882014-03-24T15:39:43.570-04:002014-03-24T15:39:43.570-04:00I was a math major for awhile in college. Advance...I was a math major for awhile in college. Advanced Calculus finished that (and me) off. And I could never get geometry.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-65239012351257994232014-03-24T12:03:58.937-04:002014-03-24T12:03:58.937-04:00Some coach. Not. I took statistics in college. ...Some coach. Not. I took statistics in college. That was some tough stuff, but once you remember your algebra the statistics became much easier. Math was never my favorite classes though.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-18329118526182838502014-03-24T11:44:42.934-04:002014-03-24T11:44:42.934-04:00my head hurts...my head hurts...TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-5919220911165019652014-03-24T11:29:14.824-04:002014-03-24T11:29:14.824-04:00Well yes but then geometry was never my strong sui...Well yes but then geometry was never my strong suit...;)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-38131082733985749242014-03-24T11:08:56.999-04:002014-03-24T11:08:56.999-04:00I tell kids that they will use algebra when they c...I tell kids that they will use algebra when they cook meals. (Like if you don't have enough flour, and you solve for x.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-21215306182843836702014-03-24T10:28:01.055-04:002014-03-24T10:28:01.055-04:00Probably one of the reasons why I never felt the n...Probably one of the reasons why I never felt the need to "try harder" in sports. Most of the "coaches" I encountered weren't the brightest bulbs. <br />I've only ever had to use the Pythagorean Theorem when building stuff, but I was sure glad I remembered that one. Sine? Cosine? Tangent? I'm lost. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523653271715366168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-34984603271299315902014-03-24T09:02:18.414-04:002014-03-24T09:02:18.414-04:00I was terrible at math back in my school days. It ...I was terrible at math back in my school days. It never made sense to me. I just don't use that part of my brain where math skills are located. By the way, I'm planning on doing Val's blog hop on Friday, in case you want to join me.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.com