The Education system? or has common sense died.

[Little Londoner]

Been to my local convenience store " do you sell stamps"? Yes but only in books of 12. "I only want one so I'll have to take a book of 12"

£7+ later after he'd been to every till looking for some he came back I'm sorry but I'll have to give you TWO SIXES.

We used to tell jokes about Irishmen coming out with bl**dy crap like that but now it seems we are the bl**dy thicko's.
Employers PLEASE carry out some sort of intelligence test before putting anyone selling anything.

[Hamble]

Been to my local convenience store " do you sell stamps"? Yes but only in books of 12. "I only want one so I'll have to take a book of 12"

£7+ later after he'd been to every till looking for some he came back I'm sorry but I'll have to give you TWO SIXES.

We used to tell jokes about Irishmen coming out with bl**dy crap like that but now it seems we are the bl**dy thicko's.
Employers PLEASE carry out some sort of intelligence test before putting anyone selling anything.

What a swizz!
It cannot be fair to force a sale double than one wants if the product comes in smaller packs.

[said]

Been to my local convenience store " do you sell stamps"? Yes but only in books of 12. "I only want one so I'll have to take a book of 12"

£7+ later after he'd been to every till looking for some he came back I'm sorry but I'll have to give you TWO SIXES.

We used to tell jokes about Irishmen coming out with bl**dy crap like that but now it seems we are the bl**dy thicko's.
Employers PLEASE carry out some sort of intelligence test before putting anyone selling anything.

Ha!Ha! What was your response?

I experienced something similar. After taking one roll of unused wall paper back to the shop - I asked for a refund as the shop advertised it would do so. I was told that I would have to have a credit note as I had returned the roll five days after the allowed period. I said that I did not want a credit note, and that the same paper is still in stock. The assistant said that was the rules and that there was nothing they could do about it. I accepted the credit note, went back into the store and picked up a roll of the same paper, purchased it with the credit note and went straight over to the same guy and asked for a refund as the paper was surplus to requirements, got my refund and left.

[grassroots]

Ha!Ha! What was your response?

I experienced something similar. After taking one roll of unused wall paper back to the shop - I asked for a refund as the shop advertised it would do so. I was told that I would have to have a credit note as I had returned the roll five days after the allowed period. I said that I did not want a credit note, and that the same paper is still in stock. The assistant said that was the rules and that there was nothing they could do about it. I accepted the credit note, went back into the store and picked up a roll of the same paper, purchased it with the credit note and went straight over to the same guy and asked for a refund as the paper was surplus to requirements, got my refund and left.

Incredible !

[gsgsgs]

Ha!Ha! What was your response?

I experienced something similar. After taking one roll of unused wall paper back to the shop - I asked for a refund as the shop advertised it would do so. I was told that I would have to have a credit note as I had returned the roll five days after the allowed period. I said that I did not want a credit note, and that the same paper is still in stock. The assistant said that was the rules and that there was nothing they could do about it. I accepted the credit note, went back into the store and picked up a roll of the same paper, purchased it with the credit note and went straight over to the same guy and asked for a refund as the paper was surplus to requirements, got my refund and left.

How annoying that a store offers you a refund against an unwanted item even though they aren't obliged to do so, on top of that give you a period of grace to return the item. You return the item after said period of grace and still try to obtain a refund, store then offers you a credit note as a further goodwill gesture and still you feel the need to get one over on them.

[said]

How annoying that a store offers you a refund against an unwanted item even though they aren't obliged to do so, on top of that give you a period of grace to return the item. You return the item after said period of grace and still try to obtain a refund, store then offers you a credit note as a further goodwill gesture and still you feel the need to get one over on them.

Ha!Ha! It was merely to show how stupid their policies were! Anyone with any common sense would have realised that.

[jonnybgood]

While on the subject of things not being done correctly,how is this for working out in arithmetic :


Thanks to national Common Core standards, simple arithmetic isn't so simple anymore.

Parents, what do you think of this?

[Parveen]

While on the subject of things not being done correctly,how is this for working out in arithmetic :


Thanks to national Common Core standards, simple arithmetic isn't so simple anymore.

Parents, what do you think of this?

It’s clearly a complicated way to treat simple subtraction, but as a mathematical exercise it makes perfect sense if you write it as x+12=32 and understand that children are taught to count in increments of 5 or 10 and know about the rules of addition.

Common Core Standards are a US thing and not applicable to the UK. Nonetheless, if it’s taught alongside “rote” rules of subtraction, it seems to be an interesting way of introducing algebra in a subtle way.

[said]

It’s clearly a complicated way to treat simple subtraction, but as a mathematical exercise it makes perfect sense if you write it as x+12=32 and understand that children are taught to count in increments of 5 or 10 and know about the rules of addition.

Common Core Standards are a US thing and not applicable to the UK. Nonetheless, if it’s taught alongside “rote” rules of subtraction, it seems to be an interesting way of introducing algebra in a subtle way.

Then it is no wonder that pupils are confused. The most logical approach to mathematics is the straightforward way. Basic mathematical understanding leads directly through to higher levels of mathematics and allows pupils to calculate numbers mentally. Basic mathematics should be learned thoroughly before pupils are given a calculator, too.