than shutting down is when they guess and make incorrect change and then act as if you are calling them a liar when you point it out...... You can tell they are guessing, they get kinda glazy-eyed. I sometimes feel sorry for them since I think 'maybe he/she is at least trying'. Same result though. Bad attitude for being called on a mistake.

It has the same things in it that I learned, expect it seems to be laid out better, or maybe it's just my memory.

Your cut and paste is impressive, even comical, I've been seeing it for years, but it's not the norm for kids that want to learn.

For years, I've had trouble getting change at fast food places.

If you think math education is so horrendous, run for the school board and do something other than post a meaningless blog about how you managed to confuse the counter help at Burger King and how perfect life was back in the '50s.

Math education really needs to be reviewed. No wonder the SAT scores are so low. This is a national problem. Years ago, second graders were taught to make change during the classroom social studies experience (managing their own community store in their classroom). Mental math was part of the curriculum - and used as 'fun' warm up activities for math lessons.

and then shake head!

You just forgot a couple of things: the adjective before the 1990 profit scenario -- EVIL -- and the virtue of the anti-logging protests (just "trying to stop the death of the entire plane"). Just don't mention the terrorist tactics of the environmentalists, especially Greenpeace.

Also, the solution is making it a crime to use more than one square sheet of toilet paper per day. (Math: How long will one roll last?)

This discussion could take up the whole school year!