February 7, 2005

• I lifted this from Mrs. Moore’s site the other night.  Stealing is the sincerest form of flattery right?   I see it funny/sad/pathetic from a loggers daughters perspective.   And funny from a hs’ers perspective.    And well here ya go.      And if your a teacher please don’t take it personal.  I fully recognize there are superb teachers….

  
  

  and really bad ones as well. 

  
  

  Teaching Math In 1950
  
  ************************ A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
  
  Teaching Math In 1960
  
  ************************ A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
  
  Teaching Math In 1970
  
  ************************ A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?
  
  Teaching Math In 1980
  
  *********************** A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
  
  Teaching Math In 1990
  
  ************************ By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees. (There are no wrong answers.)
  
  Teaching Math In 2005
  
  ************************El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta de production es

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