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What the hell are our public schools doing?

Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:29 pm
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
29926 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:29 pm
I just went to the grocery store to pick up a couple of things.
The total was $9.23. I had some cash in my pocket so that's how I intended to pay.
I peeled off a $20 and saw that I also had a quarter so I gave it to the woman at the register. The look of panic on her face was immediate.
The assistant manager saw it too and stepped over quickly to help. He looks at her register screen and says "we'll have to do it this way".
He pulls out his phone and starts doing something with it, then tells her to give me back a wrong amount that was too much.
I said "that's not right" and another manager comes over and starts pushing buttons on the register and comes up with a different wrong amount.
I told them, "you owe me $11.02".
By then a teenage girl cashier and a bag boy had stepped over and both had their phones out calculating.
I said out loud to all of them " A fifth grader should be able to figure this in his head in 2 seconds, we've got to do better". It's true too.
Of course, they all looked mad, and the cashier handed me my money.
I don't care though. We all need to start saying something in these situations. We pay taxes for these results.
Posted by lake chuck fan
westlake
Member since Aug 2011
18838 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:33 pm to
There doing exactly what the Marxists in the Department of Education has told them to do for the last 50 years. It's been a slow and gradual process, but has definitely done it's damage. Started at the Universities and worked its way down to the elementary level.
Today, most educational institutions are more concerned with teaching CRT and woke insanity than teaching how to read, write, and do math.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
51651 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:35 pm to
Indoctrinating the next generation of Cultural Marxists.
Posted by Warrior Court
Atlanta
Member since Apr 2022
3199 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:39 pm to
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There doing exactly what the Marxists in the Department of Education has told them to do for the last 50 years.


"There" sure are. You should probably shut up.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
21900 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:41 pm to
I know a local public high school grad that cannot balance her checkbook!
No Lie!
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
29926 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:43 pm to
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"There" sure are. You should probably shut up.

Grammar is a little bit important, but not as important as math is.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
29926 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:44 pm to
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I know a local public high school grad that cannot balance her checkbook!
No Lie!

Unfortunately, I was married to one of those for a brief while.
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7310 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:46 pm to
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balance checkbook


Have never done this.
Write maybe 1 check a year.

Nobody balances a checkbook anymore.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
21900 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:48 pm to
It's the math I am referring to you bozo.....she could not add or subtract and/or understand debits vs credits....!!!!

Typical liberal response, as I see it.
This post was edited on 9/8/24 at 6:06 pm
Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
15855 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:49 pm to
Meh. I am probably one of the older posters on this board and I remember similar things happening to checkout men and women back in the seventies.

If they had good math or other skills they would not be doing this most basic of jobs. This is not a new phenomenon. Is it worse that it was back then? Not really in my observation.
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
20943 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:51 pm to
Seem this play out many times at the gas station. Get some Gatorade, total $5.50, pull out a $20 and say I'll take $14.50 in gas on pump 2, and the confusion sets in.
Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
3071 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:52 pm to
I'm glad you take the banks word for it or you just don't have any money in your account. Either way, it's important to know your finances.
Posted by Deerhunter62
Member since Mar 2014
330 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:57 pm to
And there is your problem.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
29926 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 5:57 pm to
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Meh. I am probably one of the older posters on this board and I remember similar things happening to checkout men and women back in the seventies.

If they had good math or other skills they would not be doing this most basic of jobs. This is not a new phenomenon. Is it worse that it was back then? Not really in my observation.

So, you don't think things should be better by now?
This post was edited on 9/8/24 at 6:06 pm
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
4944 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 6:00 pm to
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Get some Gatorade, total $5.50


You're paying way too much for Gatorade. Who's your Gatorade guy?
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
21900 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 6:00 pm to
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Unfortunately, I was married to one of those for a brief while.


LOL....now that's funny, really funny!
Posted by shadyone2
Member since Oct 2017
1110 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 6:01 pm to
Phones and bad parents contribute to this. Math skills in USA are low, low, low. Dumb society.
Posted by Bulldogblitz
In my house
Member since Dec 2018
28109 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 6:01 pm to
The one goal the public schools have is indoctrination. They are succeeding.
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
15732 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 6:02 pm to
Stupid people do as they are told and do not ask questions. When smart people see something that doesn't add up they question it. The establishment wants ignorance and conformity. It makes ruling easier, less resistance then you get with intelligence and curiosity about things.
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
8826 posts
Posted on 9/8/24 at 6:03 pm to
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the woman at the register


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The assistant manager


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another manager


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teenage girl cashier


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bag boy


Please list all of these people’s race and correct gender identity. Were any of them in the country from 4 seas away as a “migrant”.



These things are the only things that matter now. Thank you for your taxes on those goods
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