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I'm forced to agree that arithmetic isn't math. In fact, I'd go further and say that arithmetic isn't even arithmetic. At best it's accounting. (Accounting, on the other hand, is way more than accounting, so please don't take offense if you're an accountant.) On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > > [log in to unmask] > > > http://www.isovera.com > > > http://drupal.org/user/271780 > > > twitter: @bp1101 > > > > > > > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com >