Re: [MATHEDCC] technology/fractions & plebes

FilKambel@AOL.COM
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 00:27:35 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-09-23 22:07:09 EDT, magreen@juno.com writes:

<< it frustrates me to watch kids use calculators to
subtract 3/4 from 2 1/2 >>

this doesn't frustrate me at all. i have some reasonable assurance that those
kids won't be competing on my level of the food chain, and we'll *always*
need a good-sized pool of "delta" type people to do the menial tasks...

:pc
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