Re: Not Just the US With Education Problems

On Jun 5, 1:46 am, Thurisaz the Einherjer <MAILTOsecret...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
tgdenn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

What are 'logarithmic maths that you do in your head'?  And what
engineers use such skills?
Why is is so difficult for people to be explicit about what they mean
by 'advanced mathematics'?

Hey I wrote that posting pretty spontaneously, okay? If my example doesn't
make much sense, so be it. You know what I mean, don't you? :)


I really had two points: One was simply that I *don't* know what you
might mean by 'logarithmic maths' so I was curious---I didn't think
that anyone did much about logarithms anymore ( even 20 ya), and I
thought maybe this was a case of 'the other English language' at
work. ;-)

The other was the serious one which is that despite math and science
being all about precision of language, when people talk about
education in those subjects they tend to be incredibly vague. To have
a serious discussion, it really does matter what engineers need to be
able to do, and what voters need to be able to do, and so on.

-tg




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Romans 2:24 revised:  
"For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you
cretinists, as it is written on aig."

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