Feb
20
I went out last week to eat lunch at this fine Mexican restaurant, Taco Bell. The total came to $5.81.  I gave the girl $6.00. After about 5 seconds you could see the pain on her face as she tried to do some cipherin’.
She then says “81 from 6?”
I simply replied “19″.
She said,”Thanks the computer usually does that for me, but this time it didn’t”
So she can’t do math. Big deal. It’s not like anyone will ever need math. I just hope that she graduated with a high self-esteem, isn’t that the real goal of today’s educational system.
Just to have some fun, before I left, I went back and ordered another taco.
The total was $.79. I gave here $2.63.
Her head exploded.
Tags: Funny
HAHAHA! That’s funny. I’ve had close to the same experience myself at various fast food places. The sad thing is that we all really do need math. Be it for a job or just in daily life. Yes there are calculators but what happens when that breaks or the battery dies? I’m quite sure that when you said “It’s not like anyone will ever need math.” you said it with a high amount of sarcasm. At least I’m hoping you did. As far as the goal of today’s education system being that children graduate with high self esteem, well, I agree. I believe that is exactly what they are shooting for these days. Which always makes me sad to think about. Yes self esteem is important however so is education. I have yet to graduate high school at 31 years old. I was too busy raising my brother and sister (which of whom have graduated) though I am not using that as an excuse to not ever graduate high school. I am however, going through a high school program to get my diploma. Not my GED! I believe that it is important to know all that you possibly can. Once I graduate with at least a 3.5 GPA (I will not accept lower from myself)I will be enrolling in college courses to pursue a career in Criminal Justice/Photography. I believe that in order to work you should have to pass a series of math and language skill exams. If you can not pass them, then you must go to school. However with that idea in mind, who would pay for the schooling and daily living expenses of someone who needed to go back to school? Any ideas on that one?
You know ~ I agree with you whole-heartedly. However, I graduated in 1983 before it was more important to have self-esteem than skill and I’m *still* ~slow~ when it comes to math. I went on to night school for years before finally earning a BS in Professional Aeronautics from Embrey-Riddle Aeronautical University. The only subjects I ever struggled with were math or math-oriented like Statistics and Accounting. Respectable grades in other classes allowed me to graduate with a 3.8+ GPA.
I’ve come much further than anyone would have expected from the kid who graduated 4th from last in High School, but Math has continued to be my life-long nemesis.
That is just to funny! The sad part is that it is true far to many times. The part about the self-esteem is sad too. It may have helped her self-esteem during school for a short time in her life, but those poor skills and the ‘hits’ to her self-esteem will be there forever. I also wonder what her checkbook and budget look like?
Chris,
This is too painfully funny and true. The computer thinks for me, the media thinks for me … so I can do more important things??? Yikes!!!
The scary part is that when we are old, this is the kind of person will be trying to run our country, provide elder care and balance their own budget.
Life is funnier than anything we can think of.