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On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:46:20 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:50:48 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:12:21 -0400, wrote:

I am not even sure the current batch of teachers understand it. We are
old. They grew up with a calculator in their hand. (anyone younger
than 45 or so).
In 1971 my Bomar "4 banger" cost about $100.
A few years later you could get one free with a "fill up" at a gas
station.

Number lines were on the walls of all the middle school math teachers when I was teaching. I can't
imagine a decent teacher not having one when introducing kids to negative numbers.

John (Gun Nut) H.

My daughter now has 2 of the 3 of her kids home schooled.
This is not the Jesus thing, it is a program run by the school board
and most of it is online. Kids need good grades to do it tho.

It all came up over that long division thing.

I am sure this will set Harry's hair on fire but it is not a new
thing,. Maryland was doing it in the 80s.

Getting the kids away from the union teachers is the best thing for them.

John (Gun Nut) H.

I was ready to move in 10 months but, then my wife got a job in the middle of Montgomery
County working for Montgomery College and we are kind of stuck for another 5 to 10 years.