Written by: 'Shocking' number of job-seekers lack basic math skills - cbc.ca(Read article here.)
The company guarantees jobs for graduates. But before they can get in, they have to pass Grade 12 and write a basic math test at a Grade 9 level.
"About 55 per cent failed the math," MacDonald told the members of the Nova Scotia School Boards Association.
"Because of that, we had to lower our standards, and because of that we had to do a two-week introduction to math course."
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Written by: Pyrolific
I wish I had a couple of cents for each of the times Ive read articles in the paper presenting a correlation as proof or suggestion of causation.
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Written by: NYCWritten by: Pyrolific
I wish I had a couple of cents for each of the times Ive read articles in the paper presenting a correlation as proof or suggestion of causation.
Amen. I find that infuriating. "100% of cancer victims drank water when they were children therefore..."
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Written by: Mascot
A big issue I think some people have is that if you're wrong your just wrong and you need to learn it right. Thats not like history or English where you'll always be at least a little right.
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Written by: Gnarly CraniumWritten by: Mascot
A big issue I think some people have is that if you're wrong your just wrong and you need to learn it right. Thats not like history or English where you'll always be at least a little right.
This-- like so many other things about math-- is a complete and criminal misconception!! It IS just like anything else, you'll always get parts of it!
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