View Single Post
Old 09-13-2007, 10:16 PM   #193
monster
I hear them call the tide
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Perpetual Chaos
Posts: 30,852
Quote:
Originally Posted by rkzenrage View Post
You are right, if a child does not know what a train is by the time we are doing word problems, we have a problem.
Part of going to school and education is learning about other cultures, ways of life and living... at least IMO.
but you are able to equate "train" with "redline" and "subway". it would be unreasonable to expect a child in a rural area with no public transportation to do so. To them a train is a long thing that passes through with 6 engines and goes toot toot tut toot at crossings. Not something that takes three minutes to travel between stations, stops for 30 seconds at each station and there are 6 stations between points A and b how long does it take to go A to B?
__________________
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart
monster is offline   Reply With Quote