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by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Math Question Discourse: From "An Open Letter to NAQT"
Replies: 123
Views: 29406

Re: An Open Letter to NAQT

I still don't see the fundamental difference between math and other types of questions. It has its differences with history and humanities, but I don't see the contrast between math and those subject as though if we were comparing apples and oranges. Familiarity and knowledge of math is a prerequisi...
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Math Question Discourse: From "An Open Letter to NAQT"
Replies: 123
Views: 29406

Re: An Open Letter to NAQT

Hey, here's the thing. Computation bowl is not quizbowl. The type of skill being asked for, and the format of the asking, are completely different from pyramidal quizbowl. It's very odd that in some formats the quizbowl game is put on hold for a completely different competition in mid-match. If any...
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Math Question Discourse: From "An Open Letter to NAQT"
Replies: 123
Views: 29406

Re: An Open Letter to NAQT

I understand that the circle question may not be a really good example because many people do know the trick to that, but another concern of mine is why should a 7th grader really good at math (say any of the 7th grade Mathcounts champions) not beat you at a math question? Here, in this case, they ...
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Math Question Discourse: From "An Open Letter to NAQT"
Replies: 123
Views: 29406

Math Question Discourse: From "An Open Letter to NAQT"

I'll try my best to work on the quoting thing later, hehe. Cornfused, someone less familiar in math will not have the ability to make split-second decisions on how to solve a problem or making clear all the steps. For example, I was practicing for Panasonic today on AOPS's online game (it's like qui...
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Math Question Discourse: From "An Open Letter to NAQT"
Replies: 123
Views: 29406

Re: An Open Letter to NAQT

I've only played a few NAQT games, but I was really ambivalent to how they asked the math questions. In my opinion, pyramidal math questions just should not exist. However, a balanced distribution that tests the full array of academic subjects should have a proportional amount of math questions. Aft...
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2008 QU NAC: B. T. Washington (OK) wins!
Replies: 350
Views: 54013

Re: NAC Schedules

Thanks, I'll go look more. I'd seen it in the past but only recently in that open letter to NAQT (I actually think math should not be pyramidal at all).
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2008 QU NAC: B. T. Washington (OK) wins!
Replies: 350
Views: 54013

Re: NAC Schedules

If you took my "and the closemindedness on this issue" as an attack on you personally, then yes, I'd be guilty of ad hominem, but I was attaching label to the atmosphere of this board, which seems so unwelcoming to certain issues/formats. As for the other offense, if it isn't true in anyon...
by jenkster08
Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2008 QU NAC: B. T. Washington (OK) wins!
Replies: 350
Views: 54013

Re: NAC Schedules

This would be a good time to reiterate that, while math calculation tossups are inexcusable, I've been lurking around this board for a while, and the closemindedness on this issue (and several others displayed on this topic) bothers me very much. Why is math/science calculation inexcusable? Is Math...