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Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:04:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> On the other hand, I am concerned when I encounter a cashier who doesn't
> grasp mathematics enough to realize that something is wrong when a small
> bag of groceries rings up to $1000.
Maybe you just have overly expensive taste in groceries...
Next time you come across such a cashier and your order is $7.78, give him
$10.28 and watch his mind melt.
> What I would rather see though is something which could evaluate the
> ability of people to learn and research. The actual learning I got from
> college is mostly useless, but what was important was learning how to
> learn and research.
That is a fantastic observation! By the end of my fourth semester (my gen
eds) I realized that, with the exception of one course, I'd learned nothing
but bits of trivia. The exception class was a course in critical thinking,
which I still believe to have been my overall best course.
Dave!
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