OMG. I used to tell everyone that arithmetic is not math. Amazingly nobody
(who is not into math) cares. Just ask my wife.

Cary

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:43 AM, David Faler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I think math is essential, but what they teach in schools these days isn't
> math.  It's arithmetic.  Some intro philosophy courses teach math.  I'll
> stop before I start ranting.
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Kelly Lucas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Thomas Krichel <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >   Wilhelmina Randtke writes
> > >
> > > > Pretty much the whole entire entry level programming class for the
> > > average
> > > > class covers using code to do things that you can do much more easily
> > > > without code.
> > >
> > >   Probably it was the wrong course. I think coding should start with
> > >   building web pages. A calculator can't do that.
> > >
> > >   Cheers,
> > >
> > >   Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
> > >                                       http://authorprofile.org/pkr1
> > >                                                skype: thomaskrichel
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kelly R. Lucas
> > Senior Developer
> > Isovera, Inc.
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> > http://www.isovera.com
> > http://drupal.org/user/271780
> > twitter: @bp1101
> >
>



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