I Despair

[EcclesCake]

This morning I watched someone use a piece of paper to help her with some arithmetic. The calculation was 79-15.

Having solved this difficult problem she then had to add a number.

I wouldn't have minded her need to use pen and paper for this calculation had the number she needed to add not been 15 :-(

[DTCwordfan]

Oh dear, Michael Gove to the rescue.......

[EcclesCake]

No it wasn't, definitely pre calculator in classroom generation.

To make things worse she must do this a dozen or more times a day!

[wolf63]

Did she not have fingers? My mental arithmetic is not great but I get by.

[aelmpvw]

i'd move to another bank

[Svejk]

get a new accountant.

[EcclesCake]

I almost changed my accountant after asking why she always wore flip flops.

I decided it was better she did rather than paying her to take of her shoes and socks every time she had a particularly challenging sum to do!

[murraymints]

lol..we were made to learn our times tables up to 13 and to recite them forward AND backwards..good catholic primary school education....that's why I am a genius !! lol

[dannyk13]

On another subject but equally despairing. On last nights pointless there was question on the 1970's,twelve questions in all,and all six contestants had obviously lived through that era.Not one of them could answer any of
them.

[Svejk]

saw that danny. even if they weren't around then, they all seemed to be 'common knowledge' answers. It was quite odd, imo.

[Mags22]

I too was taught times tables,backwards,forwards and upside down,which at 5 years old was a right chore, it did stick with me though,and I'm no great mathematician! I remember my mother (once again) returning me after absconding from school,aged 5, asking me what the buzzing noise from inside the classroom was and me telling her it was 'tables' time

[Baldric]

I had an Abacus attached to my Cot which probably explains why I am way above average at Maths compared say to the bloke down the Pub!

[Mamyalynne]

Splutter!!!

[Baldric]

Before anyone starts, ^^^^^
I am extracting the Michael!
;-)

[murraymints]

had one of them too ratter..are you my long lost twin ?

[murraymints]

that should say baldric !

[dannyk13]

For Mamyalynne- Odds on novice say. :-)