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College official: Drop algebra requirement because minorities keep failing it
College Fix ^ | July 21 2017

Posted on 07/22/2017 5:15:30 PM PDT by grundle

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To: roadcat

“Why are young people so bad at math?!”

But they’re proficient at putting on a rubber. They’ve been teaching them how do do that since the 4th grade. Isn’t it great how effective your taxes dollars have been spent?


181 posted on 07/23/2017 2:33:01 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: redcatcherb412
You mean like: If laquan has 3 crack rocks but wants to make twice the money, how many cuts he gotta do ?

Here are a few practical algebra problems ...

1. Little Johnny has an AK 47 with a 30 round clip. He
usually misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per
drive-by shooting. How many drive-by shootings can Little Johnny
attempt before he has to reload?
 
2. Jose has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to
Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what
is the street value of the rest of his hold?
 
3. Rufus pimps 3 hos.  If the price is $85 per trick, how
many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Rufus's
$800 per day crack habit?
 
4. Jerome wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for
$40,000 to make 20% profit. How many ounces will he need?
 
5. Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a
Corvette, and $100 for a 4x4.  If he steals 1 BMW, 2
Corvettes and 3 4x4's, how  many more Corvettes must he
have to steal to have $900? 
 
6. Raoul got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for
the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 per month, how
much money will be left when he gets out?

Extra credit bonus: how much more time will he get for
killing the ho that spent his money?

 7. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet
and the average letter is 3 square feet, how many letters
can be sprayed with 3 eight ounce cans of spray paint with
20% paint free?
 
8. Hector knocked up 3 girls in the gang. There are 27
girls in his gang.  What is the exact percentage of girls
Hector knocked up?
 
9. Bernie is a lookout for the gang. Bernie has a Boa
Constrictor that eats 3 small rats per week at a cost of $5
per rat. If Bernie makes $700 a week as a lookout, how many
weeks can he feed the Boa on one week's income?
 
10. Billy steals Joe's skateboard. As Billy skates away at
35 mph, Joe loads his 357 Magnum. If it takes Joe 20
seconds to load his magnum, how far away will Billy be when
he gets whacked?

182 posted on 07/23/2017 3:19:48 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: grundle

Once again a stupid person is worth more to them than a smart one, a smart one may not accept thier agenda if they are free thinkers unless they suffer from the same affliction, “mental illness”


183 posted on 07/23/2017 3:20:50 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Snickering Hound
EXACTLY! We have inflated and hence cheapened the college experience.

Is a degree even necessary for most jobs in the economy?

I read recently that a plurality (or even majority) of Republicans think that colleges do more harm than good. Democrats thought the opposite of course. But leaving aside political indoctrination accusations, the honest observer has to ask if the costs of a university education really are a wise investment for students who outside of STEM fields who want to teach. Student loan debt is supposed to be a crisis.

184 posted on 07/23/2017 4:55:07 AM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Snickering Hound

185 posted on 07/23/2017 5:08:21 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: gaijin

Superfly SEALs.

it’ll be dope.

They’ll smoke dope.


186 posted on 07/23/2017 5:20:25 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: grundle
In microcosm, this is what is wrong with the world today.

Gotta have algebra, calculus, chemistry, physics, biology. Got to.

With these in your armamentarium, you can dissect and refute a specious argument from a lib.

You must be able to do this in real time.

These subjects in bare but true form must be a part of your operating system.

Grammar, logic, and rhetoric also, to make a bulletproof argument with whatever issue you tackle with a lib or snowflake or gimmedat.

You must be able to snip up their arguments instantly, because they are being programmed with false narratives by people who really do know what they are doing, and who are trying to enslave you.

Must have all these tools in your toolkit. Or be a slave.

187 posted on 07/23/2017 5:20:41 AM PDT by caddie
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To: Snickering Hound

That teacher is using a chair on the blackboard. That is punk rock.


188 posted on 07/23/2017 5:23:42 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: akalinin

Points for using the word “broker”.


189 posted on 07/23/2017 5:29:52 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: grundle
You have to market it correctly. Just announce that minorities are forbidden to take algebra since they have proven they can't handle it.

190 posted on 07/23/2017 5:30:23 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR)
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To: grundle

It’s time to drop college.


191 posted on 07/23/2017 5:59:43 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: grundle

It’s time to drop college.


192 posted on 07/23/2017 5:59:44 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: grundle
......Drop algebra requirement....

As usual, the "Unwilling led by the Incompetent"

It is not about Algebra, it's about increasing & honing your Neuro-Networks, so you can keep up in a modern complex live.

some say with an IQ < 80, one is not able to understand or participate in a peaceful social construct/society and will always destroy it, or not even get there, result:: perpetual tribal fighting.

Countries with lowest IQ.::

37 Côte d'Ivoire 69
37 Ethiopia 69
37 Malawi 69
37 Niger 69
38 Angola 68
38 Burkina Faso 68
38 Chad 68
38 Djibouti 68
38 Somalia 68
38 Swaziland 68
39 Dominica 67
39 Guinea 67
39 Guinea-Bissau 67
39 Haiti 67
39 Lesotho 67
39 Liberia 67
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 67
39 São Tomé and Príncipe 67
40 The Gambia 66
41 Cameroon 64
41 Gabon 64
41 Mozambique 64
42 Saint Lucia 62
43 Equatorial Guinea 59


193 posted on 07/23/2017 6:01:27 AM PDT by Koracan
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To: grundle

http://qrc.depaul.edu/algebrainitiative/Articles/Algebra_Elementary_Article_Carole_Greene.pdf


194 posted on 07/23/2017 6:09:13 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Fiddlstix

Ditto here. Algebra was fun and very relaxing, a vacation.


195 posted on 07/23/2017 6:10:31 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: beethovenfan

You nailed it.


196 posted on 07/23/2017 6:39:55 AM PDT by Maverick68 (T)
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To: laxcoach

I went to a good HS in the N.E. and I chose shop courses and wanted to also take algebra because I had a knack for math. They wouldn’t let me. I had to take more basic math because I chose shop. Wouldn’t want some blue collar guy knowing that advanced stuff ya know.


197 posted on 07/23/2017 7:22:50 AM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: grundle

Doesn’t it seem strange that the black race finds it very hard to learn algebra, the white race has some difficulty with it and the yellow race excels at it?

Strange, strange indeed! I wonder why? On the other hand, I think I know why.


198 posted on 07/23/2017 7:25:50 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: manc

It gives your mind some necessary exercise. But we should have a college track and a different track for those not going to college.


199 posted on 07/23/2017 8:18:26 AM PDT by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: FredZarguna

LOL that was hilarious.


200 posted on 07/23/2017 10:52:41 AM PDT by tuffydoodle ("Never underestimate the total depravity of the average human being.")
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