tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post114149645170920289..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: And I Did It All In My Head :-)Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1141542748705383222006-03-04T23:12:00.000-08:002006-03-04T23:12:00.000-08:00Pssh me again, Nick, and you'll take your next qui...Pssh me again, Nick, and you'll take your next quiz all in your head! :-)Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1141537151146172182006-03-04T21:39:00.000-08:002006-03-04T21:39:00.000-08:00Pssh, that's nothing special. I did, too.Pssh, that's nothing special. I did, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1141505082679014222006-03-04T12:44:00.000-08:002006-03-04T12:44:00.000-08:00Just the definitions of mean, median, and mode, Ri...Just the definitions of mean, median, and mode, Rightwingprof, how to find/calculate them and which one might be preferable in a given situation. <BR/><BR/>Nothing extreme. No bell curves in junior high!Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1141504279635662552006-03-04T12:31:00.000-08:002006-03-04T12:31:00.000-08:00mode? They're doing stats in junior high now?mode? They're doing stats in junior high now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1141499428512800462006-03-04T11:10:00.000-08:002006-03-04T11:10:00.000-08:00Me too, Darren. And I'm an English teacher. Thou...Me too, Darren. And I'm an English teacher. Though I will admit to guessing on the average, median, mode, standard deviation question. But I guessed correctly.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, this just solidifies my agreement with you that algebra is not an unreasonable requirement for high school graduation. I also don't think calculus is an unreasonable requirement for a college degree-in any discipline. I didn't need calculus for my major, but considered changing to engineering. So I took the first two quarters (I was at a UC). It absolutely wrecked me, but I got through it-and learned I would not make a good engineer :-).<BR/><BR/>If nothing else, it taught me what it's like to really struggle with a subject-something I had never done before. I don't think it's asking too much of our best and brightest to have a rudimentary understanding of advanced math.<BR/><BR/>JMOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com