The Education Wars The Achievements of James Milgram

100%/x%=800/26 (100/x)*x=(800/26)*x       100=30.769230769231 * x   (30.769230769231) to get x 100/30.769230769231=x  3.25=x  x=3.25 26 is 3.25% of 800

Just trying to get into the Spirit of things. And actually, that's the most math I've done for a whole year. I might have counted a couple of times how many slices of pizza were left, and made an estimation of probability on the chances of me finishing the slice I already had, before my son snaked the last one -- but that is really all I use math for estimations and probability.

I do love data though. I consume a great deal of data.

Milgram -- Inciter of the Math Wars

Do you recall the Math Wars?

I think anyone who was a researcher or near the academic world at least heard about them. Prof James Milgram is probably one of the last soldiers standing -- which seems appropriate since from many accounts, he started them. They began, in true form, the declaration being called, in 1994, though there are some references to 1987, which I'm not sure count -- signs of where things were leading? ... Definitely.

Education, public education, especially in the areas of Math and ELS are terrible. I believe... I haven't checked this though I'll probably confirm some time soon ... that they are worse than they were in the 50s.

Questions and Research on Common Core Real Research, Qualified Answers

I Don't Charge, but a Tip would be nice

Other than the guidelines below I invite any questions you have. Need to know where to find some resources for Homeschooling? Want to know how CCSS is being accepted by schools, teachers? (no students, that is not legal). Where to find Education Scores? Do other countries use Common Core? How many people Really helped with writing CCSS?  Who is this Robbins person and Why should I believe her?

It is Not that We Can't Be Like Finland ....well... that's not really ... um...

So I'm out on the Web looking for the Finnish Education Standards for 6th Grade Math -- why? Well, because Finnland is the number one country in the world in the area of Education. And, they kick the hell out of the US -- we're like 23 or 27 or something (32). Right? So, this guy, Milgram is going around saying that the CCSS Math (which he helped write) isn't good enough to accept as a school standard. He likes to point at 6th grade. So, I'm out looking for Finnland's 6th grade Standards -- which are written in Finnish *sigh*
There has to be a copy somewhere in English.

So, anyway, I found out some cool stuff about this International Rockstar in of Education.

Malala Yousafzai - Jon Stewart Interview

For those who might be confused, This is a News interview -- though this is a Comedian performing it -- which is somewhat Ironic since Fox News are Experts and Reporters performing Comedy.

Reasonable Expectation

Most states have Consumer Protection laws, which protect their citizens against fraud, falsehoods and scams. Such laws in action say that there are expectations inherent in products, which any reasonable person would regard as expected to exist, and to function correctly without explicit claim by the seller, which the seller is to be responsible for their condition and existence. You can generally discover your state's protections in the statutes regarding contracts, agreements, and then consumer protection areas. The consumer protection areas are generally less informative because these statutes are generally newer than the contract and agreement laws, and were drafted for specific situations and purposes which were not covered already by transaction, contract, and agreement statutes already in place and applicable.

The purpose of these statutes are for various areas, but an example would be -- When you buy a new car from the lot, it is reasonable to assume that the car has: brakes, an engine, four tires, a driver's seat, method of security, functional method of steering, and that all of these things work properly so that the automobile can be used as a means of transportation.

These components are expected, because the seller said it was a "car" and the seller is responsible for them to exist even without the explicit claim of their existence. In other words, you can't say

Missing Robin

Mr Gates, when did you realize you're creating monopoly!

Monopoly is just a game, senator. I'm trying to control
the fucking world. Have you seen Windows Millenium?
Right now it's Information Technology.
Soon it will be Total Information Technology. TIT.
And when you're sucking on the tit, I have you by the motherboard.

Don't be afraid!