Comments on: Morning Metro: More Decatur Car Thefts, Anti-T-SPLOST Rally, and Questioning Alegbra in Schools

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:37:26 +0000

Jeff’s point is not that diagramming sentences is useless. His point is that for a common, everyday task, he needed to use algebra (and not the other skills). He’s not saying no common tasks require that skill, simply that there are some common tasks for which the skills Hacker advocates are not useful, while algebra is useful.

Hacker’s argument has lots of flaws, too many to detail in a comment here, and I think it is a serious blow to the NYT’s credibility that they chose to publish it. Beng provocative is not the same as being intelligent, coherent, and provocative. I expect this stuff from CNN, but not from the NYT.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:08:02 +0000

There’s still time to VOTE!

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:59:52 +0000

I used to like the old-fashioned practice of parsing sentences and I DO think that it helps with good business and personal writing. All those neat little ruled lines coming off diagonally from the subject, predicate, object etc………… I guess what all of us are saying is that there’s a reason the basics are the basics. It’s good to challenge the established norm now and then but don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

By: Iheartnelliebelle

Iheartnelliebelle — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:32:35 +0000

By: Iheartnelliebelle

Iheartnelliebelle — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:32:04 +0000