tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post634725536691516135..comments2023-10-24T04:37:53.648-05:00Comments on Babble On: Change I Couldn't Believe InJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-16944149038908089662009-09-09T00:41:19.352-05:002009-09-09T00:41:19.352-05:00Also, I remember one of the first things I learned...Also, I remember one of the first things I learned was count back. Someone gave me a dollar and I knew to start with the cost and count back to a dollar.<br /> .24 and a penny makes 25, a quarter .50, another.75,and another 1.00. Y'know like you did in your head.Berry Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079390231632421561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-39338078389983343702009-09-09T00:38:18.657-05:002009-09-09T00:38:18.657-05:00This is so unbelievable but such a common expeienc...This is so unbelievable but such a common expeience. We hve to be alert all the time to protect our hard earned cash from ignorance the same as we have to protect our values from ignorance.<br /> Jay Leno is obviously going to use his man on the street routine to show us more horrors of college grads who can't answer simple questions after going all the way through collge. I mean they can identify cartoons but not a single President on Rushmore or know any of the words to the National anthem- not that I'm all that patriotic, but they don't know shit, can't make change, and can only pass over their credit card for what they want with probably no intention of keeping track of their debt. Y'know what I mean.Berry Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079390231632421561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-76821456606004278122009-09-08T23:26:52.885-05:002009-09-08T23:26:52.885-05:00In a McDonalds (yes, I feel the need to punish mys...In a McDonalds (yes, I feel the need to punish myself sometimes) I once order half a dozen chicken nuggets. No, they only came in 6, 9 or 12 portions. I paid the $4.23 with a $10 bill and a quarter. Neither the server nor the Manager could work out the change. I gave them my 100 Watt smile, but inside, I was seething! Whatever happened to edukashun?Oxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-11362205050764796182009-09-08T19:22:21.633-05:002009-09-08T19:22:21.633-05:00I'm terrible at math. My brain just doesn'...I'm terrible at math. My brain just doesn't wrap around numbers....<br />I can live with that about myself!Miss Ginger Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494225040016735718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-29476417573356899122009-09-08T19:06:59.859-05:002009-09-08T19:06:59.859-05:00Our OM/DI team ran the snack stand at basketball g...Our OM/DI team ran the snack stand at basketball games from time to time. I had kids who refused to do change. They would bring it to me or one of the other kids. They just got to flummoxed in front of another person.<br />I'm sure this is why there are several successful cons out there involving confusing the cashier and change.the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-37042927645483859602009-09-08T18:51:42.130-05:002009-09-08T18:51:42.130-05:00So maybe I should have told her the second time wh...So maybe I should have told her the second time what change to give me. I saw this with students so often when they used a calculator for everything and still got it wrong way too often.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-72377144232492894922009-09-08T16:46:03.425-05:002009-09-08T16:46:03.425-05:00As we move more and more to a cashless society, th...As we move more and more to a cashless society, this will become more common.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-72071272990728348512009-09-08T15:45:37.073-05:002009-09-08T15:45:37.073-05:00I've had the math freeze thing happen to me, t...I've had the math freeze thing happen to me, too. My brain just doesn't want to process something once in a while, and it makes me feel like an idiot.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-78095991779450654932009-09-08T14:37:42.314-05:002009-09-08T14:37:42.314-05:00Like Bob said, we are letting too many computers a...Like Bob said, we are letting too many computers and people do our thinking for us these days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690597078607161109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-89277604691084216882009-09-08T13:50:10.952-05:002009-09-08T13:50:10.952-05:00That's what we get for letting The Machines th...That's what we get for letting The Machines think for us.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1147733538257149903.post-29414182741997875102009-09-08T11:33:12.970-05:002009-09-08T11:33:12.970-05:00Math-Freeze!!!! I so know this!
All my life.
When ...Math-Freeze!!!! I so know this!<br />All my life.<br />When I taught my math lesson to my grad school class I had one of the math wiz guys stand beside me to check my math as I went along. I had, hands down, the most creative and innovative lesson, the prof was beside himself, I got the top marks.<br />Kind of like being able to write and not spell.<br />Luckily the Ponder children inherited The Engineer's Math Gene.the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.com