The evolution of teaching math: 1950’s to today

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education, Humor, political correctness

I got this by email from friend G.H.:

The evolution in teaching math since the  1950s:

Teaching Math In 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

Teaching Math In 1960
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. Whatis his profit?

Teaching Math In 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?

Teaching Math In 1980
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20 Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

Teaching Math In 1990
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living?
Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong  answers.)

Teaching Math In 2005
Un ranchero vende una carretera de madera para $100. El cuesto de la produccion era $80. Cuantos tortillas
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Anti-Muslim sentiment in US Society?

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muslim, political correctness

Anti-Muslim sentiment surfaces in attacks on Obama – Yahoo! News via kwout

This article says that a photo of Democratic Presidential Candidate Obama wearing African clothing and a turban indicates that we in this country are anti-Muslim. Couldn’t be, could it?

Was it Lutherans who crashed hijacked planes into buildings in this country a few years back? No.  Do Buddhists cut off the heads of people they consider infidels?  If so, I missed the video. Did the Catholic Pope issue a death sentence upon an author of a book he disagreed with? Not in the last thousand years. After millions of Jews were murdered by Nazis in the 1930’s and 1940’s, did anyone hear of a Jew going into a BMW or Mercedes dealership and blow himself up? No.

It is Muslims who commit these atrocities. Are most Muslims into this? No, but I don’t hear an outcry condemning these acts from that community when extremists commit crimes in the name of their religion.

So are Americans anti-Muslim? Wonder why?

250 killed in church in Kenya, All cultures still equal?

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cultural marxism, political correctness

Here’s one for the “all cultures are equal” = Marxist idiocy file. A mob in Kenya burned an occupied church. An anti-Christian hate crime or inter-tribal hatred? Does it matter to the dead? The next time you hear some fool chanting all cultures are equal, ask him if he wants to attend a church service in Kenya.

Kenya death toll seen at 250 – Yahoo! News via kwout