Re: Education--kids were dumb back in 1961

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From: ma...
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:34

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On 2018-07-21, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> I often hear oldsters complain, "when I was a kid we could do
> math in our head" (among many other feats they could accomplish).
>
> Yet back in 1961 there were complaints that young people--today's
> oldsters--were just as inept as people complain today.

There is that story about an ancient text that translates as 
"Young people have no respect for their elders any more."
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> https://books.google.com/books?id=XEIqAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=%22ibm%20701%22&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=%22ibm%20701%22&f=false
>
> (article on far right side "Too many can't figure simple interest")

Probably because AFAIK, nobody charges simple interest, its sorta compound all the way down."

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