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Re: Math...
I like it.
Mostly because I'm terrible at understanding math, yet there's a bunch of technology around me, and a bunch of kids around me who don't even put in any effort to try to learn anything.
Yes I want to be a mechanical engineer and I have a hard time understanding math sometimes(when its not applied to real life examples, mind you).
Stuff like this goes from a student to student basis. I suck at math, just because I have a hard time understanding calculus, but that doesn't mean I (always) totally give up on it.
The technology doesn't have very much to do with it. The point of the poster is how much effort is put in by some kids. I do agree though, that this mindset is present in every generation.
Nice find, Pavan.
Know what's scary though? Stuff like this:
"Forty-four percent of American 4th grade students cannot read fluently, even when they read grade-level stories aloud under supportive testing conditions. " -National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Pinnell et al., 1995
"50 percent of American adults are unable to read an eighth grade level book."-Jonathan Kozol, Illiterate America
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Last edited by Akash Rastogi : 04-09-2010 at 01:06.
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