More evidence of dumbing down

[milanbenes]

who needs maths these days when you have calculators

and who needs chemistry when all the answers are on google

britain is moving with the times, pretty good achievement

Milan.

[Moose423956]

who needs maths these days when you have calculators

Calculators tend to be good at arithmetic, not real maths, like algebra, differentiation, integration, applied maths, etc.

My daughter has been put forward for a maths program by her school. I helped her with one of her test papers the other day, and it was doing stuff that I'm sure I didn't do until well into secondary school. I struggled with quite a few of the questions. And I got an A at maths A Level! She's 11!

So I don't think it's as bad as they make out. They're journalists after all.

[Bagpuss]

Calculators tend to be good at arithmetic, not real maths, like algebra, differentiation, integration, applied maths, etc.

My daughter has been put forward for a maths program by her school. I helped her with one of her test papers the other day, and it was doing stuff that I'm sure I didn't do until well into secondary school. I struggled with quite a few of the questions. And I got an A at maths A Level! She's 11!

So I don't think it's as bad as they make out. They're journalists after all.

If there were no-one able to do the industry required maths then who is doing those jobs ?

answer: a decreasing number of us (uk based). The majority of people working for my client are now chinese immigrants.

Keeps the rates high mind you! :-)