Comments on: New math, indeed http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: W from Cal http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/#comment-373821 W from Cal Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:35:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/#comment-373821 Ah, but the New Math is not really about base 10 or base 8 it is about the lunacy of wonks trying to change a cirriculum so that 9 year olds will "understand what they are doing, rather than get the right answer." I was there. Ah, but the New Math is not really about base 10 or base 8 it is about the lunacy of wonks trying to change a cirriculum so that 9 year olds will “understand what they are doing, rather than get the right answer.” I was there.

]]> By: chris http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/#comment-373768 chris Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:30:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/#comment-373768 I like that one! I like that one!

]]> By: CaptiousNut http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/#comment-373649 CaptiousNut Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:39:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/18/new-math-indeed/#comment-373649 NOW THIS, was a nice post. The dearth of comments proves that your readers are un-nuanced, uneducated retards! None of them understand the rudiments of base 10 subtraction and yet they all fancy themselves technological and geo-political experts. NOW THIS, was a nice post.

The dearth of comments proves that your readers are un-nuanced, uneducated retards! None of them understand the rudiments of base 10 subtraction and yet they all fancy themselves technological and geo-political experts.

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