Trouble in the UK

Gusington · October 14, 2015, 01:03:16 PM

In Soviet Russia kids beat you!

Sir Slash · October 14, 2015, 01:57:25 PM

Can't get Engineers? Are there that many trains running anymore? Why the hell can't the Conductors help out? ^-^

Bison · October 14, 2015, 10:15:13 PM

I believe it's a byproduct of an educational system that has no focus on math and science and has been totally given over to political propaganda. We've done it to ourselves. I'll take care of teaching my kids morality. The damned school just needs to focus on math, science, (non-revisionist) history and civics, and grammar. And no common core is not the answer. It's a damned travesty of an experiment that will end up stunting students even more.

Sir Slash · October 14, 2015, 10:29:54 PM

Meanwhile here in the USA, the navy has gone back to teaching navy cadets how to navigate by the stars in case their GPS systems are hacked. But they can't say, "Sextant" anymore. Might be offensive to Anti-Sexuals so it's now called a "Hand-held Sailing Assistance Support Device". They now cost $700,000 apiece.

besilarius · October 15, 2015, 06:59:45 AM

Recruiting enough engineers has always been a concern. Just check the curriculum at the Naval Academy.
Let me tell you, spherical trigonometry will kill you.

Gusington · October 15, 2015, 08:56:49 AM

Regular trig almost killed me!

Centurion40 · October 15, 2015, 09:36:06 AM

I still have nightmares of Grade 12 math class.

mirth · October 15, 2015, 09:38:24 AM

Calc is what did me in. Ouch.

Centurion40 · October 15, 2015, 09:43:46 AM

Quote from: mirth on October 15, 2015, 09:38:24 AM
Calc is what did me in. Ouch.

I got tripped-up when they started mixing letters and numbers!!

bayonetbrant · October 15, 2015, 10:10:54 AM

I took a symbolic logic class in the philosophy department that counted as a math class in college O0

mirth · October 15, 2015, 10:13:03 AM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 15, 2015, 10:10:54 AM
I took a symbolic logic class in the philosophy department that counted as a math class in college O0

And now we know why the GH front page is largely symbolic

Sir Slash · October 15, 2015, 10:40:03 AM

I'm so old, math class for me had an abacus. Try doing Trigonometry on one of those.

JasonPratt · October 15, 2015, 12:38:07 PM

Quote from: Sir Slash on October 14, 2015, 10:29:54 PM
Meanwhile here in the USA, the navy has gone back to teaching navy cadets how to navigate by the stars in case their GPS systems are hacked. But they can't say, "Sextant" anymore. Might be offensive to Anti-Sexuals so it's now called a "Hand-held Sailing Assistance Support Device". They now cost $700,000 apiece.

"Hand-held Sailing Assistance Support Device", huh. So that's what they're calling it now... ^-^

Swatter · October 16, 2015, 07:57:05 PM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 15, 2015, 10:10:54 AM
I took a symbolic logic class in the philosophy department that counted as a math class in college O0

I took Formal Logic- that was pure torture. There has never been a time in my life that I have ever seriously tried to understand something but failed to, until that class. I remember attending office hours with the professor and he just explained it over and over. I simply got to a point in the class where I hit a wall.

OJsDad · October 23, 2015, 03:41:31 PM

Quote from: Centurion40 on October 14, 2015, 12:45:01 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 14, 2015, 12:28:17 PM
India and China don't have a problem getting engineers.

And we steal half of them away!

Seriously, in those countries you can beat math into kids. In the west, one can't beat kids.

Half of those we get are over rated. Too many US managers think if an engineer from India or China they can do no wrong.