Reply to: Are you a geek?

[sasguru]

No - that's arithmetic.

My daughter isn't doing too well in maths at school, since she can't do mental arithmetic quickly enough for their liking. I pointed out to her teacher that I can't do mental arithmetic quickly either, but I've got a maths degree.

(Anyway, he can't talk - he often adds up her test scores incorrectly ).

Yes interesting point. Idiot savants can usually do fast mental arithmetic but are crap in maths.

[Denny]

No - that's arithmetic.

My daughter isn't doing too well in maths at school, since she can't do mental arithmetic quickly enough for their liking. I pointed out to her teacher that I can't do mental arithmetic quickly either, but I've got a maths degree.

(Anyway, he can't talk - he often adds up her test scores incorrectly ).

I thought school maths has moved on from the days when kids chanted their times tables in class and were expected to work out sums in their heads (with the help of their fingers) and using a calculator was regarded as cheating during tests or exams.

[Denny]

Rithmetic.

Haven't you heard of the three R's?

Whoever coined that phrase 'the three R's' all failed their English 'O' level.

[Denny]

Your kindred spirits.

http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/default.aspx

Why not become a Nerd too?

http://www.iwanttobeanerd.com/are-you-a-nerd.asp

[VectraMan]

No - that's arithmetic.

Rithmetic.

Haven't you heard of the three R's?

[NotAllThere]

You mean sums and counting and things yeh ?

No - that's arithmetic.

My daughter isn't doing too well in maths at school, since she can't do mental arithmetic quickly enough for their liking. I pointed out to her teacher that I can't do mental arithmetic quickly either, but I've got a maths degree.

(Anyway, he can't talk - he often adds up her test scores incorrectly ).

[Diver]

You mean sums and counting and things yeh ?

[VectraMan]

I think it's boring, but I still got an A.

[DiscoStu]

It didn't do me any harm.







Apart from the fact that I got a desmond in a social science subject

Agreed





I got a Richard in Hotel and Catering

[Cliphead]

Did maths at uni, easy enough. Got any relevence these days, not much...

[Gonzo]

Not that I condone skipping lectures and going to all night raves instead.

It didn't do me any harm.







Apart from the fact that I got a desmond in a social science subject

[KathyWoolfe]

Maths fascinates me but I didn't get an 'A', just passed.

[Joe1978]

i think your confusing geeks with nerds anyways


and bysaying that i have put myself firmly in the geek camp

[Denny]

then why not start this thread in light relief?

If we can discuss squirrels on 'general' why not geeks?

[oracleslave]

then why not start this thread in light relief?

From someone that considers counting a valid contribution