tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post1236854669597505361..comments2023-05-11T00:38:23.906-07:00Comments on Stupid Is A Five-Letter Word: Word Problems Are StupidButtercuphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-82957998802510271562012-09-01T22:29:54.833-07:002012-09-01T22:29:54.833-07:00Gary Larson is one of those crazy minds that deser...Gary Larson is one of those crazy minds that deserves a national award. I own every book of cartoons he published. LOVE HIM.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-89928164037427582722012-09-01T15:11:00.665-07:002012-09-01T15:11:00.665-07:00One of my favorites of Gary Larson's Far Side ...One of my favorites of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons was "Hell's Library", which showed a wall of books with such titles as "Word Problems", "More Word Problems", "Word Problems Galore and More", with a math phobe in the foreground, and a grinning Satan in the background.<br /><br />OgrrreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-7866709666228995422012-08-31T16:24:39.316-07:002012-08-31T16:24:39.316-07:00Yes, all "real world" math problems are ...Yes, all "real world" math problems are story problems, but they relate to what you're doing and the problem that needs solving, so they just seem logical to me. The joke here is that story problems we had to do in school were ridiculously irrelevant to any set of circumstances. Purely random.<br /><br />And they certainly seemed that way to me.Buttercuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201235659652895050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555191244102972923.post-14250050036538476692012-08-31T13:40:57.490-07:002012-08-31T13:40:57.490-07:00I also used to hate word problems, until I realize...I also used to hate word problems, until I realized once you get out of school and have a job that actually uses math, all of those problems are word problems. Nobody sets up the equations for you. You have to determine what data is relevant, and set the equation up yourself. THEN you get to do the easy part of solving eht equation.<br />And, believe me, those little pissant "when do the trains meet" and "how far apart are they at time t" problems are easy.<br /><br />OgrrreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com