I did maths up to a-level and it never taught me nuffin' I'd rather be quicker at arithmetic so I could score darts quicker.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 16:56, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

I'm pretty sure all those style of maths problems do is try and push children to learn critical thinking,
getting the answer is only half the point.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 22 May 2015, 16:58, Reply)

Yeah. It's quite weird though because whilst the syllabus encourages critical thinking a lot of teachers certainly didn't.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 16:58, Reply)

I know a few guys and gals my age that seem to have got in to teaching.
They are not critical thinkers. If I'm honest, I'm not sure they're any sort of thinker.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:01, Reply)

Yes, some people I know are as well. With the exception of one they're not either.
One of my mates missuses is a primary teacher which means she bollocks him like a naughty child when he's dicking about... "you're making me cross".
( Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 22 May 2015, 17:04, Reply)

ha, yeah, our singer is a primary school teacher, and a good one as far as I can tell,
we were all pissed up and giving him some stick, and he turned all teacher on us "will you please calm down, and stop messing around, or I will get angry"
only Made it worse.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:07, Reply)

It's better than the other way round.
Can you imagine the grief if they told a class full of eight year olds to fucking pack it in, you unfunny bunch of cunts?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:14, Reply)

proper lol.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:15, Reply)

I thought quite critically of a lot of my teachers.
Especially the one who was shagging all the sixth form girls.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 May 2015, 17:02, Reply)