Actually no... I had another username here that has since vanished. It was related to this username, but most people won't be able to make the distinction, unless they are a classic car nut.
How is that statement that bad? It seems fairly accurate to me. Most administrators (in an effort to make themselves look good or in an effort to make the students feel better about themselves) have begun to respect effort over achievement... ie: I get an A on a test without studying, and Joe gets a C on the test and busted his butt for it. Joe would be looked upon more highly, and the class would be "dumbed down" as to enable Joe to get an A "because he worked sooo hard." Meanwhile I would be short changed. At least this is how I interpret the comments that my 11, 12, and 14 year old siblings (adopted) relay to me, and what I observed when I was in public school.
(the use of names in this story is totally random, and this is not necessarilly indicative of how it actually was for me in school).
How is that statement that bad? It seems fairly accurate to me. Most administrators (in an effort to make themselves look good or in an effort to make the students feel better about themselves) have begun to respect effort over achievement... ie: I get an A on a test without studying, and Joe gets a C on the test and busted his butt for it. Joe would be looked upon more highly, and the class would be "dumbed down" as to enable Joe to get an A "because he worked sooo hard." Meanwhile I would be short changed. At least this is how I interpret the comments that my 11, 12, and 14 year old siblings (adopted) relay to me, and what I observed when I was in public school.
(the use of names in this story is totally random, and this is not necessarilly indicative of how it actually was for me in school).
Yeah, but I held my own when I was a freshman. Red Dawn I am sure will have some comments for me... he did in the past. Is he still the loving anarchist he always was?
Heh, what an idiot.. The lunchladies at my school are idiots, I give them $5 for a $1.50 hot pocket and a $2.25 chicken and rice burrito. Gives me $2.75 in change..
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Maetryx
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Red Dawn is as contrary as ever. Shoot dude, I'm with you. I *know* the academic standards have fallen. I've purchased books on the subject. But I was just giving you a hard time because your "first" post was so... normal? Bah, it doesn't matter. Welcome back.
deerslayer
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I don't even bother to try anymore. I've had so many people look at me like I was retarded for giving them change, i've even had some give me the change back and say "i don't need this sir" and i'm thinking "well i don't need it either, that's why i gave it to you".
Haha.
Similar experience. I was getting 20% off my haircut ($15) at the hair salon
Pno barber shops round here!). The girl who always cuts my hair, though extremely hot, isn't too bright. I told her it's $3.00 and she called me a genious, and that's why I had such a high SAT (720 isn't genius).lol..
First, how old was she? There's a reason she's working at a pizza shop. There are many possible reasons why one might work at a pizza shop, but I'll let you speculate why SHE was working at a pizza shop.
Second, they did stop teaching math in school. I know how to count, but I'm not sure what the crosses and dashes mean. Sometimes I've even seen "X's" mixed in with numbers, but I'm pretty sure that's a typo.
dfi
Second, they did stop teaching math in school. I know how to count, but I'm not sure what the crosses and dashes mean. Sometimes I've even seen "X's" mixed in with numbers, but I'm pretty sure that's a typo.
dfi
Well I knew WHY she was working in a pizza shop when I had to repeat ny name (Greg) and phone number about 13 times while she frantically ran around the shop looking for my order. I thought if they were letting her work the register she might at least have a basic working knowlege of United States currency.
She looked to be about 19, although the older I get I constantly guess the ages of the pre-20's crowd wrong, so she could have been 16-20.
A friend of my parents came across a similar situation... He was at the checkout at the supermarket. The cashier rang him up, he paid with a $20, and the cashier ended the transaction without counting out the change. Unfortunately, the cashier didn't know how to subtract to determine the amount of change owed, so he said "Just tell what is right". My parent's friend made the cashier work through the math with him.
Sad... very sad...
Ryan
Sad... very sad...
Ryan
4th grade? add and substract was first grade
i had a guy at a movie theater stand there for a good 30 seconds while he did his "mental" math.
i had a guy at a movie theater stand there for a good 30 seconds while he did his "mental" math.
Chaotic42
Lifer
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Did you even stop to think about her emotional well-being? She could have been learning challenged in school. You discriminated against her by claiming that she should be able to do "basic math" in her head. Math is hard. We shouldn't make slower students uncomfortable by zooming past them in high school with your "making change" junk.
This could be a law suit. Why didn't you think of her feelings?
This could be a law suit. Why didn't you think of her feelings?
haha
I once went to a Burger King and paid with a $50 and the cashier gave me change for a $20. I told her I payed with a $50 and when the manager opened the drawer there was the $50. The manager walked off thinking it was an easy fix. 5 minutes later when there was now a line forming and I still didn't have my change back manager came back and handed me the other $30 I was owed. I did not say a word to the girl to help her out. I found it mildly entertaining and somewhat sad.
I once went to a Burger King and paid with a $50 and the cashier gave me change for a $20. I told her I payed with a $50 and when the manager opened the drawer there was the $50. The manager walked off thinking it was an easy fix. 5 minutes later when there was now a line forming and I still didn't have my change back manager came back and handed me the other $30 I was owed. I did not say a word to the girl to help her out. I found it mildly entertaining and somewhat sad.
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