Math 101
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.
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Comments
Kristy on on 10.05.2008 at 1:11 AM
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?