Who the F*** thought this one up............???

[charliecat]

how much do you think this gimmic cost?

LGJ - yes - its a waste of money, generally speaking.

Trying to encourage people back into an education system that has severely let them down - well, its like trying to encourage a person to stroke a dog that has bitten them on the arse.

Of the two options - a calculator or stroke the bad dog...hmmm.

I can sometimes do it in my head depending on what the percentage is and I can do it on a calculator eventually, but not in a shop full of people.

QV

Re Mr QV,I don't doubt it for a minute, but you have to agree, calculators in the middle of the sales are not the way to go, long term solutions surely ????

But Sherlock this is part of a CAMPAIGN

The Get On CAMPAIGN is purely MARKETING to RAISE AWARENESS of the Government's Adult Literacy project.

The Government can't just create a massive literacy drive without MARKETING it! That's all this is - and all the original article was looked like a reproduction of a DfES Press Release.

I'd rather have a free maths lesson than a calculator tbh.

Right I can see the way this is going and I am offski.

Goodnight everybody.

it is part of a campaign yes. and we have all seen those course things advertised havent we? the ones with the gremlims?

in fact - lol - here is the original Press Release!

get-on

Nutcracker there are plenty of free maths lessons available to adults

May I draw your attention to the Government's "Get On" campaign by offering you one of these free handy calculators?

x-posts LGJ - I do agree that its not enough.

Nothing to be ashamed of, nutty!

Absolutely none.

I'd be happy to help.

Got an email addy?

I am sickened by some of the attitudes on this thread.
So fucking what if they use calculators. Some people have learning problems no matter what and if this helps them then what is the problem????

A calculator would be useless to my own DH!

I just asked him!

He wouldn't know how to compute it.

He told me to my face.

He doesn't know how to do it.

Not that he can't. That he doesn't know how.

That's the difference.

That's what I always told my literacy students. Don't you DARE tell me you 'can't'!. You haven't learned how, barring learning disabilities, and even then.

I suspect that these "calculators" are just bits of paper with examples btw, rather than Pentium IVs

'Tis just an advertisement for adult learning

If it goes a little bit to helping someone who struggles is it really such a big deal.
We pay lots of tax and I am more than happy if it helps someone, who just might also pay tax too!

LOL MP

Don't worry I am not ashamed and I can do math when I am sat down and shown slowly and properly and it's only complicated stuff i struggle with not very basic stuff.

I am scared of maths really tbh.

Not everyone is like your DH, expat.

There are many and varied reasons why people struggle with maths.

Using a calculator is an absolute godsend for some folk.

I have to agree that having a calculator isn't really adressing the problem, i have one and am still rubbish at maths.

Oh God, this is my last word on the subject.

If people have learning problems they should be geven help to learn, not patronised with a calculator.

LGJ shuts the door as she leaves.

given.

They ARE given help to learn

The Government spends millions on adult learning

The fact that you don't realise this means that they need to do some sort of marketing campaign

a calculator is a tool in learning surely?

I can do words.

I can't do numbers.

I'd like a calculator.

hunker i can do both, dh struggles with both. my mum can do neither, my dad is a whizz at maths.