...and yet here you are...
I am not there I am here. I am not stuck on digital survival. Those who don't know how to satisfy the necessities of life with thier hands and minds will certainly become rarer in the near future.
...and yet here you are...
I am not there I am here. I am not stuck on digital survival. Those who don't know how to satisfy the necessities of life with thier hands and minds will certainly become rarer in the near future.
hehehehe...you expect everybody to run their own business...how cute..
Pretend all you want. I'm sure nobody will care.
There's no pretent in what I posted fool.
I'm quite sure you actually believe that. Good for you.
...the reality of societal collapse.
What really concerned me was when I heard the fact that not all schools are teaching cursive writing. Some of these students are unable to sign a contract. One kid wasn't able to sign his passport application.
Yesterday at Tim Horton whatever I purchased came to $4.25...You are at the till in a restaurant, about to pay with debit.
The total is $84.17 and you want to tip through the debit
machine and have the total equal exactly $100. You have
about four seconds to do the math in your head before
you look like a retard. Go!!
I usually pay with debit also, but almost always tip in cash,
as it's nobodies business (Revenue Canada) how much I
leave as a tip for our wait staff....
Yesterday at Tim Horton whatever I purchased came to $4.25...
I pull out a 5 dollar bill which the young girl promptly enters on her cash and the change shows up as 75 cents, but i had my other hand in the other pocket and pull out a quarter, because i don't like too much loose change...
Simple enough non?
Well the dingbat behind the counter had to cancel the sale and and enter $5.25 to figure out to give me back a loonie..
You're stuck in the past. Kids need to count change less and less everyday. That's the point of the TED talk. Let's start teaching children in accordance with what they'll need in the future, not on what your generation needs. I'm 51 and I can't remember the last time I paid cash in a store or restaurant.
The old time teachers did not have to put up with what today's teachers do, in many cases. My sister taught school in Vancouver for over twenty years until she had a nervous breakdown due mainly to what she had to deal with in the classroom. When she began teaching the majority of her students understood and/or could speak English. By the time she left the profession well over 2/3rds of her class were ESL students and due to government cutbacks ESL teachers had limited classroom time. This left my sister with students who could not understand anything she was trying to teach them which led some to act out - a few aggressively. She had had seen her paperwork increase twofold over the years, much of it having to do with government rather than the subjects she was teaching or the submissions of her students. She easily spent twelve hours a day with school work. Oh and her union screwed her over too.
Oh dear!! Somebody should do something!!
When one signs a legal document does it not have to be in such a way that the squiggly f**king line is identifiable as "his/her signature"?
Some of us still pay cash. I deplore debt and pay cash whenever possible.
Ironic you'd say that while it was already mentioned in this thread about how humans seem to fail to learn from history....and yet here you are...
Ironic you'd say that while it was already mentioned in this thread about how humans seem to fail to learn from history.
Apparently you haven't based on your previous comment.I think we've learned quite well, all things considered.
...and yet here you are...
hehehehe...you expect everybody to run their own business...how cute..
Don't be any denser than you already are. In any business if you want to get above fry cook at rotten ronnie's level you need math skills.
Don't be any denser than you already are. In any business if you want to get above fry cook at rotten ronnie's level you need math skills.
when she became aware of the 'no fail' policy, the lack of discipline allowed and the general futility of trying to teach kids who were allowed to do as they please backed up by the parents.
My niece is now a school teacher and has problems continually with unruly children who cannot be disciplined or expelled and expect to pass when they don't learn the curriculum.
One would have to be either very brave or crazy to be a teacher nowadays!