Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0TCttn00457; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:55:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:55:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3C56A9E9.204C5A11@ccsdistrict.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jane Meyer <meyer_j@ccsdistrict.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2012] Re: Following up on the five Why's X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (WinNT; U) Status: O Content-Length: 642 Lines: 15 Anne R Connors wrote: > And I agree with Andre that there are many things required for GED that > are trivial. When does one use scientific calculators or the area of a > triangle in "real" life? 99% of GED students don't see the connection > and frankly neither do I. I use a scientific calculator all the time to do the payroll and to check the budgets. Also, both my kids use them in school, so I need to know how to use them to assist them in math. Just happened to be looking into ordering new countertops in the kitchen last week and had to use area of a triangle for the odd shaped areas around the bay windows. Jane Meyer
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