Anyway, what are they teaching these kids in high school these days? Clearly not basic math.
You're assuming she's a high school graduate. That's not necessarily a good assumption.
That said, I used to have a lot of trouble with kitchen math, myself. I've been known to pick up a calculator to show that 6 times 8 is... um... hang on a minute....
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Date: 2006-08-23 04:44 pm (UTC)You're assuming she's a high school graduate. That's not necessarily a good assumption.
That said, I used to have a lot of trouble with kitchen math, myself. I've been known to pick up a calculator to show that 6 times 8 is... um... hang on a minute....