might want to call him and express your concern. Remember the words of Will
Rogers (I think): Never get into an argument with a man who buys his ink by
the barrel.
At 08:26 PM 7/22/97 EST5EDT4,M4.1., you wrote:
>I just wanted to pass along the following information about something in our
>local paper yesterday, and solicit comments.
>
>The paper is for a city of 100,000.
>The writer is their education writer.
>The subject is a dispute between a K-12 union and a superintendent, over
>how many hours are actually spent teaching in the classroom. This has
>become an issue since Massachusetts mandated 900 hours, for elementary,
>and 990 hours, for middle and high school, of actual classroom instruction
>per school year. The dispute is about how many minutes to allow for
>classroom changes, home room, etc.
>
>But the point of this posting is the following quote from the story,
>describing how each side computes these things.
>
> "Now, the math. (Remember, under new math how we get the answer is
> more important than whether the answer is correct.)"
>
>I pass this along because it indicates the attitude of at least some of
>the public about what math educators are doing nowadays. I am thinking
>of responding to the writer, since this person has the power of the press
>at their disposal, but thought I'd look for some good ideas from this
>group, first.
>
>So, any helpful ideas are invited. Thanks.
>
>Philip Mahler
>Middlesex Community College
>Bedford, MA
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Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
"It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
John Wooden
John 3: 3^3 + 3
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