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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Seems Rishi wants students to be proficient in maths.
Well here’s some maths which is understandable for many
Maths Teachers - Money = No Teachers to teach Maths.
Ah Rishi going give you a F for that. |
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Ah but if maths _must_ be studied till 18, and no maths teachers are available, then no doubt they can say the schools are failing in their duty. And sell off education to some dodgy mates of theirs. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ah but if maths _must_ be studied till 18, and no maths teachers are available, then no doubt they can say the schools are failing in their duty. And sell off education to some dodgy mates of theirs."
Couldn’t agree more with the sentiment! It Tory 101.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"They've already sold them by back door all are academy's now. Begging for money off patents if their child wants to do art ect. "
Don’t forget free schools.
I honestly believe a Tory thinks that if anything is public, then how can they turn a profit on it.
It’s utter madness. |
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"Maths is more useful than a lot of the other bull shit young folk study these days. Those who don't want to do it can still always learn trades."
But why is it necessary to study it until 18? Most of the GCSE maths syllabus is toss that will never be used in real life.
I speak as someone who did Pure and Applied Maths A Level and then Further Engineering Maths at university. I also coached my daughter in GCSE maths last year, helping her achieve the highest possible grade. |
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"Ah but if maths _must_ be studied till 18, and no maths teachers are available, then no doubt they can say the schools are failing in their duty. And sell off education to some dodgy mates of theirs."
I thought kids could leave school at 16?
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"Ah but if maths _must_ be studied till 18, and no maths teachers are available, then no doubt they can say the schools are failing in their duty. And sell off education to some dodgy mates of theirs.
I thought kids could leave school at 16?
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They can so long as they have a c or able in maths and English but that has even changed to a number system now |
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"They've already sold them by back door all are academy's now. Begging for money off patents if their child wants to do art ect. "
Further education is now back in the governments hands. I can see that in 5 years colleges will be broke! |
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It’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
Choose an ex-investment banker to lead the country and you won’t get an imaginative answer to education, just what works in “financial services”.
I mean to say ffs, coming from him, as a child of a pharmacist, and he still can’t ensure an adequate supply of Lemsip in times of need, (not forgetting the shortages of HRT and antibiotics of course)!  |
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If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????"
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle. |
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle."
But as you can see it still dose not add up  |
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle.
But as you can see it still dose not add up "
Of course it does.
They paid £10 each but got a pound change.
Total spend is therefore £30 - £3 = £27
£9 x 3 is also £27
Kettle cost £25 + £2 delivery = £27
Which bit doesn't add up? |
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle.
But as you can see it still dose not add up
Of course it does.
They paid £10 each but got a pound change.
Total spend is therefore £30 - £3 = £27
£9 x 3 is also £27
Kettle cost £25 + £2 delivery = £27
Which bit doesn't add up?"
It's £30 - £2 not three the assistant only got £2 not £3 |
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle.
But as you can see it still dose not add up
Of course it does.
They paid £10 each but got a pound change.
Total spend is therefore £30 - £3 = £27
£9 x 3 is also £27
Kettle cost £25 + £2 delivery = £27
Which bit doesn't add up?
It's £30 - £2 not three the assistant only got £2 not £3 "
Three teachers x £1 change each is £3.
Assistant's fee is the £2 delivery charge. |
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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle.
But as you can see it still dose not add up
Of course it does.
They paid £10 each but got a pound change.
Total spend is therefore £30 - £3 = £27
£9 x 3 is also £27
Kettle cost £25 + £2 delivery = £27
Which bit doesn't add up?
It's £30 - £2 not three the assistant only got £2 not £3 "
Here is something that will blow your mind
Hold out your hands in a fist, now on the left hand release each finger counting down from 10 and stop on the last finger of the left hand. You should have released all your fingers and got to 6.
Now hold out the fingers on the right hand, there are 5.
6 + 5 = 11
but you only have 10 fingers... boom |
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"If you really like Maths
Three maths teachers in the staff room. and a teaching assistant, When the kettle breaks.
Each teacher gives the assistant £10 they go to the shop with £30 and spends £25 on a new kettle.
On retuning to school and making the tea the teachers say where is the change?
( tight as ever ).
The assistant gives the £5 change to the teachers as they each take a pond and tell the assistant to keep £2 for going.
Hang on this is not right one pipes up, we all paid £9 each.
3 x 9 = £27 + £2 (the assistant kept) = £29 where’s has the other pound ?????????????????????????
Any decent maths teacher wouldn't try to add the £2 kept by the assistant to their £27 outlay, they would instead subtract the £2 to get £25, the cost of the kettle.
But as you can see it still dose not add up
Of course it does.
They paid £10 each but got a pound change.
Total spend is therefore £30 - £3 = £27
£9 x 3 is also £27
Kettle cost £25 + £2 delivery = £27
Which bit doesn't add up?
It's £30 - £2 not three the assistant only got £2 not £3
Here is something that will blow your mind
Hold out your hands in a fist, now on the left hand release each finger counting down from 10 and stop on the last finger of the left hand. You should have released all your fingers and got to 6.
Now hold out the fingers on the right hand, there are 5.
6 + 5 = 11
but you only have 10 fingers... boom "
Love this sort of thing like counting in x9 0n you fingers |
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"Maths is more useful than a lot of the other bull shit young folk study these days. Those who don't want to do it can still always learn trades."
Some trades you still need maths, to work out spindle speeds and feed rates in engineering. |
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Here is something that will blow your mind
Hold out your hands in a fist, now on the left hand release each finger counting down from 10 and stop on the last finger of the left hand. You should have released all your fingers and got to 6.
Now hold out the fingers on the right hand, there are 5.
6 + 5 = 11
but you only have 10 fingers... boom
Love this sort of thing like counting in x9 0n you fingers "
Here is something which should blow your minds:
I (and anyone) can count up to 12 using only one hand and up to 144 using both hands. Once you realise the ease of doing so, it goes some way to explaining the evolution of duodecimal dimensions and quantities.
Counting up to twelve in this manner also frees your other hand to move or pack items you might be counting.
I was shown this skill by East Africans.
Is it not thought that mankind first evolved in East Africa? Perhaps the region was also the cradle of duodecimal counting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Here is something that will blow your mind
Hold out your hands in a fist, now on the left hand release each finger counting down from 10 and stop on the last finger of the left hand. You should have released all your fingers and got to 6.
Now hold out the fingers on the right hand, there are 5.
6 + 5 = 11
but you only have 10 fingers... boom
Love this sort of thing like counting in x9 0n you fingers
Here is something which should blow your minds:
I (and anyone) can count up to 12 using only one hand and up to 144 using both hands. Once you realise the ease of doing so, it goes some way to explaining the evolution of duodecimal dimensions and quantities.
Counting up to twelve in this manner also frees your other hand to move or pack items you might be counting.
I was shown this skill by East Africans.
Is it not thought that mankind first evolved in East Africa? Perhaps the region was also the cradle of duodecimal counting."
I would have guessed 12 was popular due to having 2,3,4,6 as factors.
I'd have imagined base 12 numbers rather than ten of it was driven by counting. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Back on topic, I believ it's more important the type of maths we teach.
Stats is important
While mental maths is less important, sense checking maths is a skill.
And knowing what maths to use and when.
Trig and algebra and calculus.... Less so. |
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"Back on topic, I believ it's more important the type of maths we teach.
Stats is important
While mental maths is less important, sense checking maths is a skill.
And knowing what maths to use and when.
Trig and algebra and calculus.... Less so. "
Accounting would be a help to young people.
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