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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1192409" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Nope--it's the over-<u>dependence</u> on computers/calculators/spell check/wiki that is the problem. However, my own LACK of math skills is legendary to all those who know me and, near the very end of my senior year, had my Algebra 1 teacher not asked "How many of you seniors need this credit to graduate?" I probably would not have gotten out of high school without staying an extra year. </p><p></p><p>I went to work for a fixture/cabinet company in 2000, and everything in that industry is metric, so I got used to using metric linear measurements in those 7 years and became pretty good with it. Volume, not so much. </p><p>I never used a slide rule. They were out of favor by the time I got back from my first hitch in the military, but my older sister was and still is very good with one tho she too now uses a calculator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1192409, member: 18945"] Nope--it's the over-[u]dependence[/u] on computers/calculators/spell check/wiki that is the problem. However, my own LACK of math skills is legendary to all those who know me and, near the very end of my senior year, had my Algebra 1 teacher not asked "How many of you seniors need this credit to graduate?" I probably would not have gotten out of high school without staying an extra year. I went to work for a fixture/cabinet company in 2000, and everything in that industry is metric, so I got used to using metric linear measurements in those 7 years and became pretty good with it. Volume, not so much. I never used a slide rule. They were out of favor by the time I got back from my first hitch in the military, but my older sister was and still is very good with one tho she too now uses a calculator. [/QUOTE]
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