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Article #376Hey CU! Get a clue! Your math modules are worthless!
From: ALPERT ETHAN
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00
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I spent 3 hours last night helping a student do his first calculus homework and was absolutely shocked that this student was allowed into the class. I knew something was wrong when he didn't understand simple algebraic concepts such as the distributive property of multiplication or how to properly divide two polynomials. When I asked if he'd had college algebra he told me that he'd taken 3 math modules on algebra and PASSED them!! I don't know what's going on at CU but when a student passes an algebra class and doesn't know to distribute a %$#@%#@ negative, you've got a problem! It is clear to me that these math modules are worthless crap and charging students money to teach them NOTHING is fraudulent. If you are reading this and you are involved with the CU math modules you should be ashamed of yourself for perpetuating this lie. The CU math modules should be scrapped because they don't work. Ethan Alpert 2130 S. Walnut St. #25A Boulder CO, 80302
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f94c,8fa6cc75384c54f7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10f94c,public X-Google-Thread: fe6a3,8fa6cc75384c54f7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfe6a3,public X-Google-Thread: 110e60,8fa6cc75384c54f7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110e60,public X-Google-Thread: f89df,8fa6cc75384c54f7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf89df,public X-Google-Thread: 101106,8fa6cc75384c54f7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid101106,public From: alpert@alumni.cs.colorado.edu (ALPERT ETHAN ) Subject: Hey CU! Get a clue! Your math modules are worthless! Date: 1996/01/25 Message-ID: <4e8ggo$eav@csnews.cs.colorado.edu> X-Deja-AN: 136450450 distribution: cu organization: University of Colorado, Boulder newsgroups: cu.general,cu.applmath,cu.math,cu.misc,cu.faculty