You miss a valid point...while holocaust denial is obviously not taught by any reputable institution, a history teacher would be remiss in not pointing out that some topics surrounding the holocaust, such as whether the term should include non-Jews, are areas of legitimate debate within the historical community. But then...in history there is an acknowledgement that there is ultimately no one "true" answer, rather just the one most people agree is "most true." As a non-scientist, my perception is that science doesn't necessarily teach such nuances at as early of a level as most humanities. Probably I'm part because truth in humanities is harder to prove.

I grew up in Westminster. Bustling in 1984? It wasn't bustling in 1994, even, unless one was from say, Taneytown.

I'm impressed by how clever this particular animal is in relation to the others.

I'm sorry. Not interested. I don't want to waste fuel carrying around equipment I don't need, much of it will be reporting back on my driving habits, listening habits, and shopping habits. I deliberately picked my car to have as little cruft in it as possible with only the features I wanted. Even that was a huge pain nowadays.

I read this as a multiple choice question with a defined answer. I was disappointed when I figured it out, because I was hoping I had correctly picked D. Sigh.

Here is the actual article, not the article about the article... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089292_tesla-updates-software-to-cut-charging-if-wiring-may-be-bad

The number and capacity of the transit links may suck, but the maintenance quality on the bridge/tunnels between NYC and NJ were much better maintained for decades, largely because of the heavy independence of the governing authority, along with the tolls. While the difficulty of building new links is a valid point, it is somewhat simplistic to argue that political divisions between the states are the biggest issue in transit in the NYC metro area.

Read up on the Federal Do Not Call Registry. It is a useful tool, but you may also want to check if your state has its own registry. The Federal version is pretty toothless...but ours here in Tennessee actually has teeth. I reported a violation and the state not only fined them but followed up with me to send me the associated filings.

Yeah, kinda odd that was omitted as an option.

Anybody knows if this is a location tested by 23andme (or Ancestry)? I've got results from several providers and I'd be curious to see my results, as I'm a fairly negative person.

Mine is Al Gore, because he invented the Internet.

It really does depend on whether they mean he first computer we used or the first computer that was ours. The first computer I used was probably an Apple II (+ or E) with somewhere in the realm of 48k of RAM. The first computer I owned was a Macintosh Plus, with 1MB of RAM and a 20MB external hard drive. At the time it was already quite obsolete, so that 1MB of RAM was really a squeeze. If I remember correctly, it caused issues with some software and MultiFinder was either unavailable or restricted in some way. Since I was about 12 or 13 and it was a hand-me-down from a relative, I was still pretty thrilled. Played a lot of SimAnt and SimCity on that machine. Also fiddled some with HyperCard and Pascal. I can remember coveting a color Macintosh (or PC) with the something like 4MB of ran required to run SimCity 2000. It was about six months before we replaced the hand-me-down with a PC, and another few years before the Internet entered our home. I remember sometimes dialing in to the AOL sign-up server just to check if the modem still worked. ;)

I had to take a "developmental" class to catch up before I could start regular classes. It was a good idea, poorly executed. It was a purely computer-based class (we had to show up to the computer lab, however) and you could take the segments over and over without learning anything, because eventually you'd find the correct answer and move on. It was a waste of time for everyone in the class. Ironically, when I dropped out of computer science I still needed one math class for my History major. I took a basic college algebra class with a great professor over the summer. I learned more about algebra in that six week class than I had since algebra was first introduced to me in middle school. That should have been the development class.

Oh, absolutely. Other than math classes, I was a "without effort" A or B student. And aside from math, that remained true in college, actually. By the time I hit law school and I actually had to study to get a decent grade, I realized the fact that I had been able to get by just in what I absorbed in class without study was not beneficial.

I started in college as a comp sci major. I already knew how to program in BASIC, C, and C++ with reasonable proficiency and was excited about the major. However, I had a string of lousy math teachers until high school and struggled with algebra. Oddly, I was always fine with trigonometry and statistics, and I never had issues with the logic part of programming (I'm an attorney now). I was drastically unprepared for college mathematics. Because comp sci majors weren't even allowed to take major-required coursework until they had various math prerequisites, I started behind. After I nearly failed a mid-term in math class I barely understood with a TA I literally could not comprehend, I dropped the class and the major. I retreated to my safe zone in history and eventually ended up in law school.

While I'm not disappointed with the way things worked out, since my hands give me trouble just with the typing I do for my job now, I do wonder how different my life could have been if one of my math teachers caught on that I was struggling before my senior year of high school. I finally had a good teacher that last year, and she pulled my aside after class and turned a D to an A, but it was too late by then. I just lacked the skills.

From my perspective, the biggest issue in math education, and really education in general, is grading with no follow up. If a student isn't getting it, failing them doesn't make them get it, and passing them with pity is even worse. This flaw in a lot of education was really hammered home to me in law school when a professor got frustrated her ENTIRE class failed an exam. If the whole class fails, it isn't the students...

Ironically, I always had amazing science teachers. They were always engaged and excited. I usually got good grades. But, one science teacher was the only teacher I ever had who picked up on the fact that I was being teased and then tried to do something about it. And, my aunt is a science teacher, so I may be biased.

My rambling point...they need to be catching the kids who are struggling in second to fifth grade. My math issues started with multiplication in elementary school. I was behind, and no one ever caught it because in our school system you could basically still pass if you didn't understand, provided you just got enough questions right and showed effort...and passing was all that mattered.