Hey, some people have had traumatic childhood experiences with "new" math!
...go calculate everything in base 8. Don't worry about what the "right" answer to the equation is, as long as you know why it works...
AAAARGH!
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math
In the Algebra preface of his book "Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell," Professor George F. Simmons wrote that the New Math produced students who had "heard of the commutative law, but did not know the multiplication table."
Last edited by NCPatrick; 03-28-2007 at 13:06.
No child left behind.
I can induce the blank stare too, just ask me about how the Excel Macro works. I would be happy to explain it. lol
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