• Re: Online v. classroom t

    From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Apr 22 15:42:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to August Abolins on 04-18-20 05:34 <=-

    Those that "know in their head" are probably quite few. Personally, I would respect a doctor who *would* consult official documentation on a matter. ;)
    I'm not saying not to consult anyone or anything. But I would
    rather go to a doctor, for example, who can say "the problem is..."
    than having to look things up. Esp in an emergency situation.

    Certain things are more obvious than others, though... :)

    Or designing/erecting a building, bridge, etc.
    Yes.. But engineers must rely on their ability to look up stuff (charts,
    standards, blue prints, etc)
    Again I see nothing wrong with consultations, looking things up, but
    they should have the head knowledge about things.

    I'd agree, but state more that they should have the BASIC head
    knowledge... in many subjects, including doctors and engineers and so
    forth, there is now more knowledge than any one person could be expected
    to retain solely in one's head.... knowing where to look up the
    specifics is what is important for anything past the basics....

    Just as one can check figures using a calculator is one thing but to
    not have the head knowledge that x times x equals x.
    What happens if one needs to find a sum without a calculator and had
    never learned how to do math? There are some schools, I understand,
    that allow calculators during a math test.

    But those are primarily for testing the concepts beyond the basic math
    tables that one can have memorized.... the idea being that the
    calculator gives more time for the more involved testing to be done...

    That is, there are a lot things that should be known "automatically" without having to consult with charts, graphs, books, etc. Those are
    nice to have but a lot should be known in the head.

    There's a balance there... 50 years ago, when I was a Chemistry major
    in college, we were required to know how to use the Chemistry Handbook
    to find formulas and such, and that was expected to be used as we were
    tested on various things... Sure, it saved time if we didn't need to
    look it up, but it was expected by the professor that we would be using
    it... a lot like the calculators now permitted... :)

    That said... I still do all my math computations first either in my head
    or with pen and pencil, including for my taxes.... and then check it all
    with my calculator... 8 8's are 64..... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... "Th-th-that's easy t-t-to f-f-fix." "That's easy for you to say."

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu Apr 23 05:44:36 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    That said... I still do all my math computations first either in my head
    or with pen and pencil, including for my taxes.... and then check it all
    with my calculator... 8 8's are 64..... ;)

    When I sold cars one older* salesman would do a lot of math (related to
    the selling of the car) on a machine then on paper. I asked why and he said
    he wanted to make sure the machine was right. :)
    Joe

    *I was in my mid 20s so anyone over 30 was "older". :)
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Apr 29 21:34:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-23-20 05:44 <=-

    That said... I still do all my math computations first either in my head
    or with pen and pencil, including for my taxes.... and then check it all with my calculator... 8 8's are 64..... ;)

    When I sold cars one older* salesman would do a lot of math (related
    to the selling of the car) on a machine then on paper. I asked why and
    he said he wanted to make sure the machine was right. :)

    I can relate to that... ;)

    *I was in my mid 20s so anyone over 30 was "older". :)

    That was a while ago, then.... <G>

    ttyl neb

    ... If pigs could fly I bet their wings would be delicious.

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu Apr 30 06:48:52 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    *I was in my mid 20s so anyone over 30 was "older". :)

    That was a while ago, then.... <G>

    Now when I meet someone under 55 I call them "kid". :)
    Joe
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Sat May 2 20:39:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-30-20 06:48 <=-

    *I was in my mid 20s so anyone over 30 was "older". :)
    That was a while ago, then.... <G>

    Now when I meet someone under 55 I call them "kid". :)

    Yup... How things change over time.... <G>

    ttyl neb

    ... Time sure flies...no matter what you're doing.

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