Hey guys, 
 
I know we focus on literacy, but recently I have been putting time into
researching numeracy as well.  A student forwarded me this clip, it is
from a B&W television show, but I do not know its name.
 
2 things to focus on, first the creative way to solve the problem and
second the comments that came along with the e-mail.
 
On another path, the self-deprecating way these Kentuckians pass the
video around because it is funny, even though the tag is intentionally
labeled to degrade us, and give those outside of Kentucky a negative
view of Kentuckians... why do we intentionally set ourselves up to be
labeled ignorant?
 
And one more thing to notice, how dissimilar are the "incorrect"
mathemateers from our ABE students?  In my experience it seems that it
is not  that the majority of students do not know how to apply
information they know, it is that apply it incorrectly... early
misconceptions in both math and reading become amplified and detrimental
to the adult as they move through life.
 
Your thoughts?
 
Barry Burkett, Adult Educator 
Thorn Hill Learning Center 
Frankfort, KY 
502.223.3110 

"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are
incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful
beyond imagination" - Albert Einstein

"While adult education should be viewed as a right, not as a stigmatized
second-chance program for those who have failed or dropped from out
school stystems, at the present time lifelong learning is only being
given lip service" (Askov, 2000, p. 259)


________________________________

From: sammdean40 at aol.com [mailto:sammdean40 at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:46 PM
To: SDBROWN412 at aol.com; redneckgirl060 at yahoo.com; mooremn774 at aol.com;
janglin216 at yahoo.com; brock1050 at hotmail.com; deseree.thompson at ky.gov;
Burkett, Barry; shoppergirl at myway.com; vsw74 at yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Kentucky Math





-----Original Message-----
From: GINA MARIE 
To: suzanne ; pam bardis ; sammdean40 at aol.com
Sent: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 1:13 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: Kentucky Math


Ha Ha that's the way to count it huh?

Note: forwarded message attached. 
________________________________

Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47094/*http://farechase.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oD
MTFicDJoNDllBF9TAzk3NDA3NTg5BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDZ3JvdXBzBHNsawNlbWFpbC1uY20-

>  with Yahoo! FareChase. 

Attached Message
From:	 Linville, Janice M (EPSB) 	
To:	 Collins, Amber (KYTC) ; cntrygyrl20 at aol.com;
littlegurl1994 at aol.com; Sparks, Betty (KYTC) ; Krider, Bill E (DJJ) ;
Butler, Bobbie (AGR) ; cocoasugar07 at bored.com; Graham, Carla (EPSB) ;
Carla.Rice at education.ky.gov; Ritchey, Cecilia ; cinperry73 at yahoo.com;
Meriwether, Connie S (KSP) ; parker_cl at bellsouth.net;
mttgvt at bellsouth.net; dwaits at fewpb.net; eddie.davis at kysu.edu;
ggmarie66 at yahoo.com; Lathrem, Jennifer C (OET-FK) ;
lil_sister_dynamite at yahoo.com; Williams, Latasha (CHFS/DDS/LVSL) ;
nplgirl at bellsouth.net; mpayne at kheaa.com; ypatann at yahoo.com; Cornett,
Rhonda (KYTC) ; Lover Boy ; Sandy Kiser ; sannlinville at yahoo.com; Byrns,
Scott (KYTC) ; Shelby Keith ; Salchli, Sherrie (CHFS OIG Fraud) ;
frogie6 at aol.com; tammylee16 at hotmail.com	
Subject:	 FW: Kentucky Math	
Date:	 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:00:01 -0400	
This is too funny!  I know two kids that would try to pull this off at
school.
________________________________

AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free
from AOL at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437> .

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20070615/ec44c80a/attachment.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: KentuckyMath.wmv
Type: video/x-ms-wmv
Size: 4218825 bytes
Desc: KentuckyMath.wmv
Url : http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20070615/ec44c80a/attachment.bin