Our 'Education' System

[The Zook]

So I'm helping our 6 year old out with her homework, which happens to be the alphabet and what words start with certain letters, etc.

A=Apple
B=Bicycle

And so on...

W=Waffle
X=Exclamation Point

Wait a minute... WTH? 

Called the teacher the very next morning and asked just what our daughter was being taught. Her response? Oh, yeah... that's approved material. I said excuse me, but 'Exclamation Point' does not start with an X, this is not approved by this parent, can't you use something like, oh X-Ray or hey, how about what I learned... xylophone!

I'm so upset over this, our education system is getting so dumbed down it's pathetic.

Regardless, we were quick to teach our daughter that this is simply not correct and explained why.


I also went to a math meeting they held to explain how they are teaching the 'new math'. (This I had to see.)

 

83+62=

 

3 correct answers!

1. 145
2. About 140
3. About 150

Pathetic...

[Mikekoz13]

Hey Lucky-

I agree! The teachers are like robots in a lot of cases.

I still can't believe they teach reading without phonics!!! We still use phonics in this house!

See my "Root Beer" thread to see how ridiculous the schools have become.

[SlyHigh]

83+62=

 

3 correct answers!

1. 145
2. About 140
3. About 150

Pathetic...

Sounds like an engineer came up with those answers!

[hammerdrill376]

Man you don't even want to get me started on this one. Over the past thirty years our government has sat back and allowed our childen to be "dumbed down". If I was of an income to do it my daughter would have been in private school long ago. Our public education system ..well sorry for being so blunt....SUCKS!

[skiking]

83+62=

 

3 correct answers!

1. 145
2. About 140
3. About 150

Pathetic...

Sounds like an engineer came up with those answers!

technically the answer would be 150 because there are only 2 significant figures in each of the numbers being added, so there can only be 2 significant figures in the sum. Unless they are known to be exact numbers, no way of knowing this from the equation, in which case the answer would be 145.

Still, what morons thought of teaching young kids that they don't need to be able to add

[Brkeatr]

Man ...am I glad I don't have kids in school anymore.....good luck to you bros who do....sounds pathetic to me......

[time2shine]

i are trained by thuh twentifurst senchury skoolz

[Brkeatr]

i are trained by thuh twentifurst senchury skoolz

Yes, I can tell......

[SBG Math Guy]

I will defend our education system. I actually live in Canada but it's similar to U.S.
The people who are trying to improve our education system care
a lot.  They are hard working people, but guess who is the problem?
The politicians!!! They expect immediate results.  It takes a long
time to develop a good system but politicians want quick results.
So blame the vote you are voting for. 
But in the end, I agree it sucks! lol.   
I have completed a bachelor's with a major in math and man this is the
first time I hear 83+62 has 3 answers.  Holy crap!

[wpruitt]

Our education system is devolving from centers of learning to places of childcare and test prep centers.

[GASlick]

My first grader missed two words on her spelling test last week.  The words were "America" and "question".

Since when is "question" a first grade spelling word.  The word above it was "here" . 

I will say one thing about the math question, though.  The answer is obviously 145.  I think they may be trying to teach a concept along with the right answer.  The beginnings of critical thinking skills.

[TheSlyBear]

Sounds like an engineer came up with those answers!

You mustn't know many engineers. At least not good ones. By nature and training, engineers are extremely precise.

[skiking]

Sounds like an engineer came up with those answers!

You mustn't know many engineers. At least not good ones. By nature and training, engineers are extremely precise.

One can only be as precise as the information they have, 83 + 62 = 150, 83.0 + 62.0 =145 
both are correct

[Maltz]

Sounds like an engineer came up with those answers!

You mustn't know many engineers. At least not good ones. By nature and training, engineers are extremely precise.

One can only be as precise as the information they have, 83 + 62 = 150, 83.0 + 62.0 =145 
both are correct

I think when adding you use the least number of decimal places, not the number of significant figures.  So 83+62=145 because all three numbers have zero decimal places.

Or about 140 or 150, as the test says.   lol

[Brkeatr]

Sounds like an engineer came up with those answers!

You mustn't know many engineers. At least not good ones. By nature and training, engineers are extremely precise.

Ahhhhhh.....in theory.....haha......