MensaTard Strikes Again!

[Gil Dobie]

3 gozinta 21, 6.93 times

[Ivytalk]

3 gozinta 21, 6.93 times

That's right, Jethro! Get Mr. Drysdale to cut you a check!

[89Hen]

BUMP for Andy. This is what you were looking for.

[AZGrizFan]

BUMP for Andy. This is what you were looking for.

OB...the gift that keeps on giving...

[AZGrizFan]

There might be some hope for OBSF math yet!

If the new national Common Core educational standards influence curriculum the way some fear they will, students can say goodbye to literary classics and hello to fuzzy math, say critics.

The Common Core State Standards initiative, a plan devised by the nation's governors and backed by the Obama administration, seeks to set a uniform standard for grades K-12, to ensure kids all over the nation reach the same minimum level of learning. Some 45 states, in many cases enticed by federal grants, have signed on and testing of students in grades 3-8 and once in high school is scheduled to begin next year.

Supporters say Common Core only tests students in math and English, but critics say school districts will devise curriculum to maximize their students' performance on the national exams, and, in fact, have already begun that measure. And those same critics claim Common Core math standards barely cover basic geometry or second-year algebra and that the classics are all but ignored in English classes.

“The math standard focuses on investigative math, which has been shown to be a disaster,” Glyn Wright, executive director of Eagle Forum, told FoxNews.com. “With the new math standard in the Common Core, there are no longer absolute truths. So 3 times 4 can now equal 11 so long as a student can effectively explain how they reached that answer.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/30/ne ... z2dwdojV1Q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....or, 21/3 = 6.93?

[Ibanez]

There might be some hope for OBSF math yet!

If the new national Common Core educational standards influence curriculum the way some fear they will, students can say goodbye to literary classics and hello to fuzzy math, say critics.

The Common Core State Standards initiative, a plan devised by the nation's governors and backed by the Obama administration, seeks to set a uniform standard for grades K-12, to ensure kids all over the nation reach the same minimum level of learning. Some 45 states, in many cases enticed by federal grants, have signed on and testing of students in grades 3-8 and once in high school is scheduled to begin next year.

Supporters say Common Core only tests students in math and English, but critics say school districts will devise curriculum to maximize their students' performance on the national exams, and, in fact, have already begun that measure. And those same critics claim Common Core math standards barely cover basic geometry or second-year algebra and that the classics are all but ignored in English classes.

“The math standard focuses on investigative math, which has been shown to be a disaster,” Glyn Wright, executive director of Eagle Forum, told FoxNews.com. “With the new math standard in the Common Core, there are no longer absolute truths. So 3 times 4 can now equal 11 so long as a student can effectively explain how they reached that answer.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/30/ne ... z2dwdojV1Q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....or, 21/3 = 6.93?

That is depressing. Let's continue to watch our ranking slide to the point where Niger scores higher than us.

[89Hen]

That is depressing. Let's continue to watch our ranking slide to the point where Niger scores higher than us.

Racist.

[ASUMountaineer]

That is depressing. Let's continue to watch our ranking slide to the point where Niger scores higher than us.

Racist.

Damnit Raul...shape up!

[Ibanez]

That is depressing. Let's continue to watch our ranking slide to the point where Niger scores higher than us.

Racist.

It's cool, I know some black people.

[CAA Flagship]

Racist.

It's cool, I know some black people.

I am black (sort of) and I am offended by the use of the "N" word.

[grizzaholic]

It's cool, I know some black people.

I am black (sort of) and I am offended by the use of the "N" word.

Nincompoop isn't that offensive, is it?

[Ibanez]

I am black (sort of) and I am offended by the use of the "N" word.

Nincompoop isn't that offensive, is it?

It is when you Jersey trash.


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[JohnStOnge]

Geeze I hate when that happens.

[dbackjon]

Geeze I hate when that happens.

You mean forgetting you posted on a thread that explains something you were wondering about?

[CID1990]

I thought thus thread was going to be about MPLSBison

[JohnStOnge]

Geeze I hate when that happens.

You mean forgetting you posted on a thread that explains something you were wondering about?

I suspect I was talking about the camel throwing the guy after just kind of drifting through this thread and seeing that.

Or, heck, maybe I did see the 6.93 and was saying I hate it when you make an obvious error like that.

But I don't really know.

[Obzerver]

inflation bitches!

[SeattleGriz]

The answer is 6.93!

Might be a new catchphrase.

It was, and I claim full ownership for creating this monster, as much as you all hate to admit.

BAM!

Christianity 1
Haters 0

[andy7171]

Might be a new catchphrase.

It was, and I claim full ownership for creating this monster, as much as you all hate to admit.

BAM!

Christianity 1
Haters 9

FIFY
The haters racked up 9 in Charleston.

[YoUDeeMan]

It was, and I claim full ownership for creating this monster, as much as you all hate to admit.

BAM!

Christianity 1
Haters 9

FIFY
The haters racked up 9 in Charleston.

Christianity -1
Haters 10

(The Christian was hatin' on MensaTard by making fun of him...a very un-Jesus thing to do).

[JohnStOnge]

C'mon guys. It was just a rounding error.

[Ibanez]

C'mon guys. It was just a rounding error.

Who has to round up the answer to 21/3???

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

C'mon guys. It was just a rounding error.

No it wasn't. It was a mistake of substituting one process for another. This was a division problem plain and simple. Now stfu since it isn't your time in the barrel right now. We'll get back to you soon enough.

[YoUDeeMan]

C'mon guys. It was just a rounding error.

No it wasn't. It was a mistake of substituting one process for another. This was a division problem plain and simple. Now stfu since it isn't your time in the barrel right now. We'll get back to you soon enough.

I think JSO was kidding.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

No it wasn't. It was a mistake of substituting one process for another. This was a division problem plain and simple. Now stfu since it isn't your time in the barrel right now. We'll get back to you soon enough.

I think JSO was kidding.

Really? That would be something.