Tuesday, December 26, 2006
50% Off
Well it is the day after Christmas and all the Mall or Chain stores
have their signs up that say "50% off" on all Christmas Items.......
What gets me is that in some stores there is a sign along side the
"50% off" one that calculates your savings......IE: $3.99 = $1.99.....
Do you mean to tell me that people are so stupid , that they
can not divide a number "in half" in their head?...IE: $4.00 = $2.00...
According to the Marketing Managers of some of these stores, they
think so.......What does this inability to do simple math tell us about
our current schools and what they are teaching?......
I wonder if the next sign in a store will be "instructions" on how to
count money?......Do we need a class in what the "round" things
are and what the numbers mean on the green pieces of paper?.......
Pumps
have their signs up that say "50% off" on all Christmas Items.......
What gets me is that in some stores there is a sign along side the
"50% off" one that calculates your savings......IE: $3.99 = $1.99.....
Do you mean to tell me that people are so stupid , that they
can not divide a number "in half" in their head?...IE: $4.00 = $2.00...
According to the Marketing Managers of some of these stores, they
think so.......What does this inability to do simple math tell us about
our current schools and what they are teaching?......
I wonder if the next sign in a store will be "instructions" on how to
count money?......Do we need a class in what the "round" things
are and what the numbers mean on the green pieces of paper?.......
Pumps
# posted by Pumps @ 2:15 PM 
