> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:57 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OT: Computer Science Education: Where Are the > Software Engineers of Tomor... > > > ------------------------<snip>-------------------------------- > I was talking to a public school teacher in this area (Johnson County > Kansas) at a Christmas party about the teaching of math and the "New > Math". She said that the school systems here are actually > pulling away > from New Math, using addition and multiplication table memorization > again, and requiring the use of pencils and brains instead of > calculators. It's about time. > ------------------------<unsnip>------------------ > I'l give you the big "AMEN" on that. I've interviewed too > many "college > graduates" that couldn't read a preface, or balabce their own > checkbooks. How do you tell those people that they're nothing > more than > "Educated Morons" ??
I think the phrase is "functional illiterates". <quote> Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not make messes in the house. --Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love", (Robert A. Heinlein) </quote> -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
