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Re: our brilliant education system

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups aus.tv, aus.computers, aus.politics
Subject Re: our brilliant education system
Date 2016-01-01 15:37 +1100
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Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> wrote
> felix wrote
>> Clocky wrote
>>> felix wrote

>>>> gave a sales clerk $20 and 55 cents for an item costing $8.55. he could 
>>>> not work out that he had to give me back $12.

>>> When entering the amount tendered as $20.55 into the POS it would have 
>>> told him $12.00 change surely?

>> I think it was all too hard for him and he only entered $20 as the
>> amount, cos he tried to give $11.45, which the register told him to I 
>> guess. then when I told him he had to give me $12, he gave me $12 AND the 
>> 55 cents back, saying "I don't need that" lol! so I kept the 55 cents for 
>> my trouble, lol!

> God that's a depressing intro to the New Year.

Only for dinosaurs.

> But education standards seem to have been slipping for years.

That result has nothing to do with education standards.

If anything the problem is that they try to teach much
more important maths than something as simple as that.

I'm not convinced that any school ever did teach that
sort of change making, McD's 'university', possibly but
I don’t believe that the average droid even gets to go
there before working there, particularly with school kids.

> I hate seeing the use of "could of", "would of", "should of".  The world 
> seems to be full of that appalling lack of knowledge.

Hardly the end of civilisation as we know it.

> Every time I see it I want to scream,

No surprises there...

> ask where they went to school and tell them that it's "could HAVE". "would 
> HAVE", "should HAVE".

The language is changing, stupid. It always does. 

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our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 13:13 +1100
  Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-01 11:01 +0800
    Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 14:34 +1100
      Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-01 15:06 +1100
        Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 15:37 +1100
          Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-01 15:41 +1100
            Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 17:39 +1100
              Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-01 17:59 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-01 19:08 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:31 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 20:15 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-01 21:09 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 21:31 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-01 20:44 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 21:35 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 16:20 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:21 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-01 21:10 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 21:35 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-02 06:42 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "SG1" <Lost@the.races.com> - 2016-01-02 07:21 +1000
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-02 13:42 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 11:12 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-02 13:42 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 15:38 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-02 16:01 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 16:17 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 16:50 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-02 18:04 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 06:34 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-03 09:42 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-03 11:53 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-03 12:37 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "SG1" <Lost@the.races.com> - 2016-01-03 11:50 +1000
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-03 13:04 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 10:14 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-04 12:40 +1100
      Re: our brilliant education system "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-01 13:56 +0800
        Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-01 17:39 +1100
          Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 18:26 +1100
          Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:20 +1100
          Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-02 06:46 +0800
            Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-02 13:40 +1100
              Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-02 15:51 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 16:13 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-02 17:51 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 18:55 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-01-02 22:26 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 22:38 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-01-02 23:57 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-03 11:50 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-01-03 12:34 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-03 12:54 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-02 18:48 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-02 17:12 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 22:36 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-02 17:45 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-02 18:47 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-02 16:50 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-03 07:24 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-03 07:59 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-03 18:32 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "SG1" <Lost@the.races.com> - 2016-01-03 17:45 +1000
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-04 08:41 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-04 09:13 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-03 17:18 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-03 18:33 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-05 09:49 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-05 16:53 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-06 08:07 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-06 17:57 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-07 13:27 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-07 19:59 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-05 19:06 +1100
  Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 15:31 +1100
  Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-01 16:33 +1100
    Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 17:28 +1100
      Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-01 17:43 +1100
      Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 17:43 +1100
        Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 18:25 +1100
          Re: our brilliant education system "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-01 15:28 +0800
            Re: our brilliant education system F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:48 +1100
              Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 20:21 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-01 17:23 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-02 13:35 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-02 10:56 +0800
                Re: our brilliant education system Fran Farmer <ask@maybeitwillbeforthcoming.com> - 2016-01-02 16:02 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-02 17:39 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-02 16:15 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2016-01-02 17:54 +1100
                Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 21:33 +1100
            Re: our brilliant education system felix <me@nothere.biz> - 2016-01-01 20:18 +1100
              Re: our brilliant education system "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2016-01-01 17:20 +0800
              Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 21:32 +1100
          Re: our brilliant education system "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:33 +1100
  Re: our brilliant education system alvey <dont.bother@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 17:05 +1000
  Re: our brilliant education system Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2016-01-01 18:09 +1100

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