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  1. teak360

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    #1 teak360, Jan 20, 2005
    The "progression" of education in America's high schools as evidenced in math curricula:
    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 exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a Set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M." The set "C," the cost of production, contains 20 fewer points than set "M." Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits?

    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 2000: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $120. How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit is $60?

    Teaching Math in 2010: El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta de production es . .
     
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    #2 BWS550, Jan 20, 2005
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  3. nwocorp

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    #3 nwocorp, Jan 20, 2005
    either government subsidies or somebody payed him $80 to clear their land :)
    Google says. The hachero sells a truck loads by $100. The hill of production is....????
     
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    #4 teak360, Jan 20, 2005
    OK, OK el coste de producción es
     
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    #5 coolestkidever, Jan 20, 2005
    nope its:

    the truck driver sells his wood cargo for 100 dollars. The ammount of Production is....
     
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    #6 Caruso360, Jan 20, 2005
    There is no logger; just someone on the median with his burnt out dog that has a red bandana around its neck, a cigarette dangling from his mouth with a sign that says any small bills will help, 20's or 50's preferred.
     
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    #7 nwocorp, Jan 20, 2005
    I dont speak spanish thus the "google says" and ? marks as i had no idea what it was meant to say :)
     
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    #8 coolestkidever, Jan 20, 2005
    high school has taught me spanish, so i am qualified to answer all of those questions.
     
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    #9 slm, Jan 20, 2005
    This is one reason why my wife and I are home schooling our kids. No, we are not neo-fascists radicals. But have you looked at private or public education lately?
     
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    #10 vraa, Jan 21, 2005
    Actually, depending on the type of wood that the logger chopped down, and the type of trucks he uses for shipping as well as the type of labor force he has, I believe we can triple or even quadruple his monthly profit.

    What we learn in in 2005.
     

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