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Article #625378Re: Education--kids were dumb back in 1961
From: J. Clarke
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:41
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:41
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On 21 Jul 2018 20:34:37 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote: >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." >> >> 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." The article isn't "Too many can't figure simple interest", it is "Too many can't figure interest, simple rules of credit", although I can understand someone who hasn't studied this stuff not understanding that "simple interest" has a very specific meaning in financial management.
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