Comments on: Sammy-ism http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/2009/11/16/sammy-ism-5/ (It's a long story.) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Earthmover http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/2009/11/16/sammy-ism-5/comment-page-1/#comment-7138 Earthmover Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:13 +0000 http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/?p=1043#comment-7138 Great video! I'm going to show my kids tonight. :grin: Great video! I’m going to show my kids tonight. :grin:

]]> By: Sue http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/2009/11/16/sammy-ism-5/comment-page-1/#comment-7132 Sue Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:58 +0000 http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/?p=1043#comment-7132 Gah!! I get so aggravated at this "Oh, nearly right is just fine!" math crap the elementary schools are teaching these days. Grrr! It's MATH, for pete's sake. It is NOT SUBJECTIVE. Answers are right or wrong--there is no "close enough!" Our world is *built* on math, and relies on continual calculations arriving at the correct answer, billions of times a day, to stay functioning properly! Wrong answers in math mean that bridges fail, buildings fall, and lives are lost. Gah!! I get so aggravated at this “Oh, nearly right is just fine!” math crap the elementary schools are teaching these days. Grrr! It’s MATH, for pete’s sake. It is NOT SUBJECTIVE. Answers are right or wrong–there is no “close enough!”

Our world is *built* on math, and relies on continual calculations arriving at the correct answer, billions of times a day, to stay functioning properly! Wrong answers in math mean that bridges fail, buildings fall, and lives are lost.

]]> By: Karen http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/2009/11/16/sammy-ism-5/comment-page-1/#comment-7130 Karen Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:38:17 +0000 http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/?p=1043#comment-7130 Yep, we hear almost exactly the same thing in our household. Makes me nuts! Yep, we hear almost exactly the same thing in our household. Makes me nuts!

]]> By: Heather http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/2009/11/16/sammy-ism-5/comment-page-1/#comment-7129 Heather Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:24:03 +0000 http://www.redhairedgirl.com/main/?p=1043#comment-7129 Oh, Lord.....we had a math episode here, tonight, too. Brittany tried rushing through her math homework so she could watch TV and wound up multiplying and adding wrong all over the place. After she did everything all over again, she missed the whole show that she might have only missed 5 minutes of if she'd taken her time the first time through :-\ Oh, Lord…..we had a math episode here, tonight, too. Brittany tried rushing through her math homework so she could watch TV and wound up multiplying and adding wrong all over the place. After she did everything all over again, she missed the whole show that she might have only missed 5 minutes of if she’d taken her time the first time through :-\

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