Mathematical Ability Goes Through the Window
The following is from a piece about the current levels of mathematics incompetence that has spread like a rash through all levels of society.
A 31-year-old man paid $10.99 for a new hammer. Then he used the hammer to break a liquor store window so he could steal an $8.99 bottle of wine. Allegedly.
The burglar told his arresting officers that he bought the hammer after he couldn't break the glass with a rock.
There are numerous other examples in the article but what really made me giggle was the opening paragraph:
Last spring, for example, only 49 percent - or two thirds - of Washington high school sophomores were able to pass the math part of the WASL test.
I do hope the writer was being cleverly ironic...