The textbooks are giving me the wrong answers!
Political Gateway (via digg)
Reviewers have found 109,263 errors in sample copies of math textbooks to be used next fall in Texas.
One second-grade math book, for example, has 4 plus 7 equaling 10, the San Antonio Express-News reported Friday.
Many of the errors, spread out over 164 textbooks and online materials, are blamed on faulty translation from English to Spanish.
Wait a second there. I don't know much Spanish, but I'm pretty sure 4 plus 7 equals 11 just like in English. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
Posted by Shenlon at November 18, 2007 10:45 AM