On Leno, Obama Admits He Can't Do Math Above 7th Grade Level

fox nation ^ | 10/25/2012 | fox nation

[djwright]

JAY LENO: When you help your daughters with their homework, is there a subject you struggle with? PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, the math stuff I was fine with up until 7th grade. But Malia is now a freshman in High School and I'm pretty lost. It's tough. Fortunately, they are great students on their own. And if something doesn't work I'll call over to the Department of Energy to see if they have a physicist to come over!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Doobie? What the hell does “a doobie” have to to with math?

[fr_freak]

Actually...some of us are not math people

And we generally try not to elect such people president. I don't expect every president to be Einstein, but a person who can't do above 7th grace math would not have the logic and reasoning skills to be the leader of the free world. Period.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

With the intellect ability that he has , and yet he can’t see the consequence of his actions ?

Proud2BeRight:” He’s the dumbest person to ever hold the White House. He has one ability; read a speech well. Period.”

Perhaps his speech writer should be running for President, instead ?

[dalereed]

Who slipped in the 1, it’s more like 86 or below!!!

[Doogle]

Juvenile....it's why he has to have a Mama Jarrett type around him constantly (she makes the decisions on how he reacts to anything, who he sees,what he say's, remember his petulant response to meeting Netanyahu?..and now the avoidance....has to have a teleprompter....has to have others write speeches....runs off to prearranged public gathering for his adulation fix, his presidency has been nothing but an "if you love me" tour.

[dalereed]

“My school went with new math in the early 70’s... I was toast.”

My late life sister in law got hit with that “new math” and we were baby sity with her and I helped her with it.

You have to know all forms of math to decipher it, they take them and toss them in a bag, shake and hope the parents can’t help the kid!!!!

I finally told her to seperate the problem into sections solve it and after she has the answer go back and write it in terms that the teacher would accept!!!

I can see no purpose for it other than to make sure that parents can’t help the student!!!!

[JudyinCanada]

He’s lost with 7th grade math - and he’s in charge of the American economy? Not good. Hopefully he doesn’t have to worry about it after November 6th.

[VRWCmember]

Just wait until she has to take a microeconomics or macroeconomics class. He’ll REALLY be lost then.

[acapesket]

Picking and choosing fr-freak?

I can certainly write a sentence, and I was a spelling bee champ.

[VRWCmember]

Did you see him trying to vote for himself today? He needed one of the poll workers to come over and help him. It was pretty ridiculous.

He couldn't find "present" on the ballot.

[JudyinCanada]

And he’s talking about Mitt Romney’s math not adding up! Compare the knowledge of these two men when it comes to numbers and business. No contest! It’s a joke!

[Bobalu]

There is much more to intelligence than math ability.

I know some brilliant people that have no clue about mathematics. Never base an estimate of intelligence solely on math ability. (Carter was a nuclear engineer)

That said, Obama is an idiot.

Almost anybody can learn math if they need or want to. Really great books/teachers can make it easy.

Bar none the best Calculus text is “Calculus Made Easy” by Thompson and Gardner. published in 1910

http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/dp/0312185480/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351227338&sr=8-1&keywords=Calculus+Made+Easy

Math is a subject where your ability to advance depends entirely on how well you understand your fundamentals. You cannot just jump in the deep end and expect to swim. You start at the very beginning and work step by step.

Arithmetic
Algebra
Geometry
Trig
Calculus
and on and on.

[tsowellfan]

Obama Admits He Can't Do Math Above 7th Grade Level

Maybe he's slowly preparing us for what to expect for when he accepts Donald Trump's $5 Million Charity Challenge.

Is donating to ones own campaign considered a charity?

[DennisR]

Yep - liberals are stuck in Junior High mentally, emotionally, and psychologically. And this guy lies, saying Romney’s numbers do not add up? Hm...no wonder...

[Calpublican]

Okay, Pres. Transparent, unseal your records.

[plain talk]

who has that IQ?

[cquiggy]

In the first debate how many times did Barack Hussein say. “It’s all about mathematics” It seemed like he said it five or six times. Every time he said it I was thinking maybe Romney knows a little more about math especially when it comes to counting money. When I grow up I want to be just like Romney RICH!

[FredZarguna]

Setting aside the question of how you could minor in Econ without Calculus, I sympathize with people who've been disabled by the various educationist approaches to teaching math. They started that when I was in fourth grade (1963) and it was a train wreck. Luckily, my mother taught me "old" math and I didn't need to pay attention to the teachers.

They have tried to revisit this atrocity several times over the decades, as "conceptual math," and various other educationist approaches under new names. They could've done less damage to the country with a nuclear bomb or two; we now have several lost generations of kids.

Truly educated people need to understand algebra, geometry, trig, and at least some concepts from Calculus. I don't believe you can claim to be an educated person if you don't. In the 1970's, even liberal arts curricula required one Calculus course; algebra and trigonometry -- even in humanities were considered remedial -- for a BA/BS and did not qualify.

Now colleges are talking about dropping math requirements altogether. It's a mistake. There's no such thing as someone who can't do math. There are just bad teachers and bad methodologies.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

At this point, they’re going after the Knucklehead vote...

[FredZarguna]

Carter was a nuclear engineer

Carter was NOT a nuclear engineer. http://seekerblog.com/2009/08/27/resume-inflation-how-a-peanut-farmer-became-a-nuclear-engineer/