HarryofOz
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Can the youth of today count?From my understanding, kids at school today (and for a number of years) use calculators for the Maths class. It was different in my day (yep I'm and old fogey) where we used our brains to add, subtract and so on.
This evening I went to my local Chinese restaurant and my bill (takeaway meal) came to $17.20. I gave the young lass who took my order $20.20 and she had to use a calculator to work out my change...I think that is really sad.
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nlag
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It is sad. Not sure in which country you were educated H (S.Af and / or Aus?). I left school in the UK and my basic maths was awful. I learned more maths once I started work than I did in years of education. Maybe I didn't listen enough in class, or maybe the system didn't work for me....I soon learned when I realised that my earning power was directly associated with peoples perception of how I could perform basic tasks, and it's amazing how quickly you can learn percentages when your pay rise is due, and ratios when the bookies owe you money, and compound interest when you take a mortgage or loan out. Life can be great educator (at least for school dunces like me) 
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cardboardbox?Youwerelucky
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Re: Can the youth of today count? | HarryofOz wrote: | From my understanding, kids at school today (and for a number of years) use calculators for the Maths class. It was different in my day (yep I'm and old fogey) where we used our brains to add, subtract and so on.
This evening I went to my local Chinese restaurant and my bill (takeaway meal) came to $17.20. I gave the young lass who took my order $20.20 and she had to use a calculator to work out my change...I think that is really sad. |
How much did you get back then 
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Baldy
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He should'nt have got owt back, but the bugger is to tight to leave a tip 
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eddiesleftfoot
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$17.20?? was no-one else eating?
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Mort
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| eddiesleftfoot wrote: | | $17.20?? was no-one else eating? |
Doubt it - $17.20's about £0.37 pence in real money!
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30 Mill
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| Mort wrote: | | eddiesleftfoot wrote: | | $17.20?? was no-one else eating? |
Doubt it - $17.20's about £0.37 pence in real money! |
You maybe right, but the real difference is H got real MEAT in his takeaway here in oz and the meal wont bark at you if its undercooked
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Tommo
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I prefere mine to MEOOOOOOOOOOW 
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Mort
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| 30 Mill wrote: | | You maybe right, but the real difference is H got real MEAT in his takeaway here in oz and the meal wont bark at you if its undercooked |
I'll have you know my takeaway uses meat from a named animal...
Admittedly, the animal's name was Shep, but what the hey.
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raveydavey
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It's always slightly worrying when the menu includes dishes such as "Meat bhuna". Surely they must know what type of meat? 
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halfaperson
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Back on Topic if I may .
Its true the Yoof of today can’t do sums in their head innit  . But who yer gonna call when you’re stuck in your tomb raider game or Pro Evo Soccer. Who’s gonna help you when you can’t install something on your PC. Not some curmudgeonly old miserable twat who knows instantly the price of four pints of mild and a packet of Pork Scratchings. It’s some scroat who’s been brought up with computers and who understands them like we understand carburetors and choke. Different ball game now. Mental Arithmetic is as usefull to todays kids as Latin was to me.
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Gopher
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Somebody mention Latin.
Latin Lesson
Brian is writing a slogan to a wall, oblivious to the Roman patrol approaching
from behind. The slogan is "ROMANES EUNT DOMUS".
C: What's this thing?
"ROMANES EUNT DOMUS"?
"People called Romanes they go the house"?
B: It, it says "Romans go home".
C: No it doesn't. What's Latin for "Roman"?
B: (hesitates)
C: Come on, come on!
B: (uncertain) "ROMANUS".
C: Goes like?
B: "-ANUS".
C: Vocative plural of "-ANUS" is?
B: "-ANI".
C: (takes paintbrush from Brian and paints over) "RO-MA-NI".
"EUNT"? What is "EUNT"?
B: "Go".
C: Conjugate the verb "to go"!
B: "IRE". "EO", "IS", "IT", "IMUS", "ITIS", "EUNT".
C: So "EUNT" is ...?
B: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
C: But "Romans, go home!" is an order, so you must use the ...?
(lifts Brian by his hairs)
B: The ... imperative.
C: Which is?
B: Ahm, oh, oh, "I", "I"!
C: How many romans? (pulls harder)
B: Plural, plural! "ITE".
C: (strikes over "EUNT" and paints "ITE" to the wall)
(satisfied) "I-TE".
"DOMUS"? Nominative? "Go home", this is motion towards, isn't it, boy?
B: (very anxious) Dative?
C: (draws his sword and holds it to Brian's throat)
B: Ahh! No, ablative, ablative, sir. No, the, accusative, accusative,
ah, DOMUM, sir.
C: Except that "DOMUS" takes the ...?
B: ... the locative, sir!
C: Which is?
B: "DOMUM".
C: (satisfied) "DOMUM" (strikes out "DOMUS" and writes "DOMUM") "-MUM".
Understand?
B: Yes sir.
C: Now write it down a hundred times.
B: Yes sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar, sir.
C: (salutes) Hail Caesar.
If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
B: (very reliefed) Oh thank you sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar and
everything, sir!
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wewantourdarbyback
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I'm fine, i know that $20.20 - £17.20 is 36 
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NE1
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| halfaperson wrote: | | ............who understands them like we understand carburetors and choke. |
Speak for yourself  I neither understand carburetors, chokes or computers  
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