Re: Isn't it true that you use simpler, less scary, names for illnesses and diseases?

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:27:32 -0400, "Frank Arthur" <Art@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Jack" <Windswept@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Is it true that you see a school subject and disease as synonymous?
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>You are unable to see the relation****p between the fear of "scary, 
>foreign names" to simpler terms whether it is a school subject or a 
>disease.

Funny how past generations didn't find algebra scary.

BOO!

You weenies don't seem to mind forcing them to learn Spanish with its
foreign names.

>Try to expand your horizons.

Try to escape the world of dumbed-down left-wing classroom political
correctness.

Make sure they have "self-esteem, but don't torture them with readin',
writin', and 'rithmetic.

Heh.


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>> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:16:00 -0400, "Frank Arthur" 
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>>>Isn't it true that you use simpler, less scary, names for illnesses
>>>and diseases?
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>>>"Way Back Jack" <Relaxin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> COMMENT: Yeah, that's the ticket, call it "Yomomma," or "Slam 
>>>> Dunk."
>>>> That should create interest in the dumbed-down set.
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>>>> Would name change help algebra students?
>>>> Posted by Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press July 03, 2008 
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>>>> As Shakespeare wrote, a rose by any other name would smell as 
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>>>> But would Algebra 2 be as difficult if it were called something
>>>> else?
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>>>> State Sen. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, recently told a gathering of
>>>> Kent
>>>> County school board members that he believes more students would
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>>>> the upper-level math course if it were called something less 
>>>> scary.
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>>>> His theory is that students have convinced themselves that algebra
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>>>> too difficult and that they throw in the towel before giving it a
>>>> chance.
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http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/07/would_name_change_help_algebra.html
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