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Re: Up to the Lands
Reply #15 - Dec 30th, 2014 at 8:38pm
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40_Rod wrote on Dec 28th, 2014 at 9:26am:
The mistake we all make is that because they didn’t have all the modern convinces that they were ignorant, nothing could be further from the truth. We are the drooling idiots because with college degrees and computers and digital machinery the best we can do is recreate what they did with a foot treadle lathe and a file. 

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I used to do some research that involved reading a lot of older texts. From what I can tell, the average grade-school kid in the 1920's had a more well-rounded education than the average high-school kid today. 

Very few modern texts approach the quality to be found in most of the older ones.

  
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Re: Up to the Lands
Reply #16 - Dec 31st, 2014 at 3:02am
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. From what I can tell, the average grade-school kid in the 1920's had a more well-rounded education than the average high-school kid today. 

Very few modern texts approach the quality to be found in most of the older ones.



I saw a test for 8th grade graduation from the turn of the 20th century.  Most high school kids could not pass it today.  Maybe that is why they only went to 8th grade when my dead was in school ? Grin
  
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Reply #17 - Dec 31st, 2014 at 3:40pm
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Schuetzenmiester wrote on Dec 31st, 2014 at 3:02am:
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. From what I can tell, the average grade-school kid in the 1920's had a more well-rounded education than the average high-school kid today. 

Very few modern texts approach the quality to be found in most of the older ones.



I saw a test for 8th grade graduation from the turn of the 20th century.  Most high school kids could not pass it today.  Maybe that is why they only went to 8th grade when my dead was in school ? Grin

When your dad was in school, those 8th graders probably had to do math with only pencil, paper and the grey matter between their ears. If today's high school students forget to bring their electronic calculator to the test (with fresh batteries), oh well!
The teacher's unions always complain about classroom overcrowding... would like to see today's teachers try to teach the multiple grade levels in a one-room schoolhouse as their turn of the 20th century predecessors used to have to do.      Wink

  
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Reply #18 - Dec 31st, 2014 at 4:29pm
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I believe that you are correct BP.  I was shocked recently when out for dinner and our young waitress was unable to figure out how to split the bill 2 ways without going to get a calculator.

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Reply #19 - Jan 1st, 2015 at 1:52am
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BP wrote on Dec 31st, 2014 at 3:40pm:

When your dad was in school, those 8th graders probably had to do math with only pencil, paper and the grey matter between their ears. If today's high school students forget to bring their electronic calculator to the test (with fresh batteries), oh well!



yeah, hand held calculators were still about 50 years out  Wink

Grandpa, his dad, would calculate how much lumber was needed to build a barn in his head while everyone else was still scratching on what ever they had to scratch on  Cheesy

I remember one time I was buying some Levis and the cash register was out.  The girl had a calculator, but it came out way too high.  She did it again and it was way too low.  3rd time it was still low, but close.  I thought if she gets really high again, how long might it take her to get back down into reasonable territory?  Plus, my time was worth something and I probably deserved a little reward for not taking the really low ball deal and running  Roll Eyes
  
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Reply #20 - Jan 1st, 2015 at 1:57am
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gunlaker wrote on Dec 31st, 2014 at 4:29pm:
I believe that you are correct BP.  I was shocked recently when out for dinner and our young waitress was unable to figure out how to split the bill 2 ways without going to get a calculator.

Chris.


What amazes me is when I hand a cashier some money like maybe a $10, a $1 and an odd amount of change.  They want to take the $10 and give the rest back.  When I get a $5 bill  and maybe a quarter or dime  back, some look puzzled, others get a big grin Cry
  
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Reply #21 - Jan 1st, 2015 at 9:38am
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When at the grocery and paying with the debit card I often get $50 back; and am asked how I want it.  I always ask for hundred dollar bills.

  
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Reply #22 - Jan 8th, 2015 at 3:56pm
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We have a store in town that takes their day old cookies and bundles them in packages of varying number and sells the package for $.75 per cookie.

I picked up a package of 12 cookies the other day to purchase.  The young lady behind the counter turned her back to me and I could tell she had a calculator and was trying to calculate the cost.  After a long period of time she turned around and said it would be $7.02.

I immediately had a question in my mind.   

Where did she get the two cents?

I told her this was incorrect and that the correct amount was $9.00.   I tried to explain to her that the cookies were 3/4 of a dollar each and that 3/4 of 12 is 9 but she couldn't grasp that.

Then I asked her how much 10 cookies would cost.  She got that right at $7.50.    I then asked her how much 2 cookies would costs, she got that right at $1.50.   Finally I asked her what $7.50 plus $1.50 was and she got $9.00.

I gave up even trying to find out about the $0.02.

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