[Towertalk] Dayton declining...

[Tom Anderson]

Jerry, et. al:

An interesting "test" to check is downloading the TASP test online and see how
well you can do on it.  The TASP (not the TAAS) test is required of anyone
enrolling as a freshman in a Texas public college unless you graduated from HS
before some time in the early 1980s or so.  Its very heavily weighted on math
problems.  Our youngest son just graduated from HS and we downloaded it for him
to practice on before he takes it.  Some of the math they give on it now I
never even saw or had (trig, calculus) in high school (Class of 1965) and I
have a college master's degree (journalism).  My XYL is a retired HS English
teacher and thank goodness she wasn't called on to teach math, she had a harder
time with some of the practice math questions than I did.

Tom, WW5L



Jerry Kincade wrote:

> Wonder if it could be partly because 60% of today's public school 8th
> graders can only read and do math at the 5th grade level when they enter
> high school. Following the K7LXC prime directive is pretty difficult if you
> can't read the manufacturer's instructions, compute guy wire angles, or
> figure out how many cubic yards of concrete to order.
> 73, Jerry W5KP
>
> > It isn't a promotional or license requirement problem, it is a social
> > change. All technical or skilled hobbies are declining at a rapid
> > rate with younger people, from automotive interests to radios.
> >
> > You can't promote or give away something that people don't want to
> > do.73, Tom W8JI
> > W8JI@contesting.com
> >
>
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