Posted by Joseph j7uy5 on November 16, 2007 The San Antonio Express-News
that “Reviewers have found 109,263 errors in sample copies of math
textbooks to be used next fall in Texas.”
One second-grade math book, for example,
has 4 plus 7 equaling 10.
OK, anybody can make a mistake. But at least own up to it.
Their explanation:
Many of the math book errors resulted in
faulty translations from English- to Spanish-language textbooks…
Uh, I think in Spain, 7+4 still equals 11.
Not surprising. I often find mistakes in math texts, usually in the solution key section. Probably due to over-caffienated sleep-deprived graduate students working for the author.
A bigger problem is the need of textbook publishers to continue to reinvent the wheel as a means to profit at the taxpayers expense. 7+4 equaled 11 when Euclid was learning math. In many areas of study, there is a need for up to date textbooks. Grade school level math just needs books to be right!
When I was a kid, the teacher sometimes pointed out an error in a book. It was just awesome to have a teacher who knows better than the books!
Later, when I was a part-time teacher of electronic design, I used a variation of the trick. As an experiment (that started from an accident) I put one error in the weekly correct answers, and corrected it in the next issue. At least some of the students seemed to get more interested in the answers, but I didn’t continue the experiment. With no methodology to follow, it started to seem rather pointless.
DĂonta atá dĂ©anta as ábhair Ă©agsĂşla. Adhmaid, tuĂ, sclátaĂ, cloch, miotal, plaisteach agus aon rud eile gur fĂ©idir a Ăşsáid. Den chuid is mĂł ag brath ar an áit a bhfuil tĂş ar fud an domhain agus cĂ© mhĂ©ad is fĂ©idir leat a cheannach, mar a cĂ©n cineál dĂon beidh ort.
Missä olemme nyt kehityksestä tiellä? Olemmeko tulossa sivistyneitä tai vielä mennään alaspäin polkua kasvaa tuhoisat voimat? Meidän lääketieteellinen tietämys kasvaa harppauksin jokaisessa sodassa, mutta ei niin suuresti kuin meidän tuhoisia aseita. Jos meidän lääketieteellisen tietämyksen oli kasvanut yhtä nopeasti kuin aseemme, voimme elää kahden tai useamman vuosisadan ajan.
Miks inimesed nälga surema maailmas, mis toodab rohkem toitu kui ta vajab? Veebilehele ta ütles, see oli tingitud logistika liikuvate toitu. Ma ütlen, see on rohkem pistmist kasumit, kui puudub võime liikuda toitu, kus seda vajatakse. Ka mõned kolmanda maailma riikidele ekspordime toit, mida nad vajavad, et nad saavad raha eest muid asju. Kui me kõik isegi poolel teel, mida me nimetame inimkonna keegi oleks nälga. Aga me oleme inimesed ja ei suuda elada upto meie head ideaale.
Syvänmeren hydrotermisten (kuuma vesi) aukot ovat tuottaneet paljon tutkimusta kiinnostusta viime aikoina. Ne löydettiin vuonna 1977 ja nyt tiedetään esiintyvän monissa paikoissa meren pohjassa.Aukko avaa jossa maankuori on epävakaa. Kuten halkeamia muodossa, merivesi tihkuu alas Hot Rock ja sitten karkotettiin uudelleen sisälämpötila aukko aiheuttaa sen kiehua.Lämpötila noin niin halkeama voi olla jopa 420 C.
Riots once more tear through several cities of England. Many people will turn up for their place of work today to find it wrecked or worse, destroyed. How many more are going to lose their jobs as their place of employment was destroyed ? Bring in the army and have a no holds barred in dealing with the rioters. They want to hurt others by throwing brick and other things, so should have the same violence back at them.
Rahutused taas pisar läbi mitmete linnade Inglismaal. Paljud inimesed tulevad kohale oma töökoht täna seda leida avariiline või mis veel hullem, hävitada. Mitu hakkavad kaotavad töökoha nende teenistuskohast hävis? Tooge armee ja on mingit omab aegunud tegelevad märatsejate. Nad tahavad haiget teised visates tellistest ja muid asju, nii et peaks olema sama vägivalla tagasi neid.
Vaid kaks päeva pärast seda päeva kallal valitsuse kava. 
Siis külge tagasi töötuse järjekorda järgmisel nädalal. Kolmteist nädala teevad tööd ja ainult saada 45 protsenti miinimumpalgast seda ja valitsus küsib, miks süsteem ei ole populaarne! Kui ma olin makstakse miinimumpalka oleksin nautisin seda enam ja oli raha kogunenud.
Doctor Dave had slept with one of his patients and felt guilty all day long.
No matter how much he tried to forget about it, he couldn’t.
The guilt and sense of betrayal was overwhelming. But every once in a while he’d hear an internal, reassuring voice that said:
“Dave, don’t worry about it. You aren’t the first doctor to sleep with one of their patients and you won’t be the last. And you’re single. Just let it go..”
But invariably the other voice would bring him back to reality, whispering:
“Dave you’re a vet.”
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