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Jerry Crownover – No shame in a “C
from OFN June 15, 2020
by Eric Tietze
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Simple Life By Jerry Crownover is Simple By Jerry Crownover L ast week, for the first time in 30 years, I had to perform long division…with a pencil and paper. It took me a while, but I did get the correct answer (I checked my work when I returned home and found my phone).
Everyone has access to an electronic calculator these days. Whether it’s a promotional give-away from the local seed dealer or feed store, a $1.99 special at the local discount store, or the one that is on almost every cell phone in America; none of us have to be bothered with ciphering on the back of a piece of junk mail, anymore. I’m surprised teachers can still make students learn their times tables and,
Jerry Crownover is a farmer and former professor of Agriculture Education at Missouri State University. He is a native of Baxter County, Arkansas, and an author and professional speaker. To contact Jerry, go to ozarksfn.com and click on ‘Contact Us.’ of course, show their work.
Anyone younger than 50 probably assumes the pocket calculator has been around forever, but, I can assure them, they have not. When I entered college in 1970, no one had a little “math machine,” but I did notice that all the math and engineering majors had a little holster on their belts that contained something called a “slide rule.” One engineer on our dorm floor attempted to show me how to use one, once. After an hour-long demonstration, I decided working the long math was less complicated than using his contraption, and continued with that philosophy for two more years.
As a junior, I was enrolled in an animal nutrition course that should have been titled Advanced Algebra for Aggies. It was kicking my rear, grade-wise, and my grade point average was already in need of help. The math was do-able for me, it just required huge amounts of my time, that was already consumed by working 30 hours a week at a job, my other classes and any hope of a social life. Luckily, I picked up
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