According to The National Education Forum, 90 out of 100 teachers believe that fraction reduction is a critical math skill.

On Thursday, November 12, the New York Daily News reported that City University of New York (CUNY) has a math problem.  Reports show that during their first math class at one of CUNY’s four-year colleges, 90% of 200 students tested couldn’t solve a simple algebra problem and only a third could convert a fraction into a decimal.

How embarrassing to have a 90% failure rate!  That’s like almost 8 out of every 5 people!

 

A study by Britain's University of Durham found that the key to happiness is to be self-employed. On average, entrepreneurs work longer hours than corporate employees, make less money and worry more about the future. However, that is more than offset by their independence, flexibility of hours and time spent with their families, so they have greater job satisfaction and are less likely to want to retire in their 60s. ***MARLAR: Why retire when you're already sitting at home in your underwear all day?

   My wife, Margaret, was 8 1/2 months pregnant when our teenage son, Frankie, asked her a difficult moral question.

   Struggling to find the right words, Marge stammered, "You can't...you shouldn't.  I mean, it would be best if you didn't..."

   "Dad!" interrupted Frankie; addressing me, in the next room.  "Mom's having contractions!"  

10. You see your cousin walking in drunk and drugged out of his mind with a stunning new woman on his arm. He mentions casually she works as a hooker. Your response, “Man, it must suck to have a chick that cheats on you every time she goes to work.”

9. Your cousin and her husband, the newlyweds of the family, are hosting the holiday. Your cousin’s husband mentions that they served the food the night before to their friends and are saving money by doing this. Your thought is, “Your friends are rich snobs. At least they washed their hands.”

8. You and your cousin are watching football when the fat ass mentions he is known as Mr. Triple Team by his prep school football squad. He says it’s because he can tackle three guys at once. Meanwhile you know every time he farts three guys fall down.

7. Your cousins are in from the trailer park and the oldest son of this family has just been released from the psych ward. Apparently he is supporting his illegitimate child by working as a lab test subject. His father also adds this is the best job his son has ever had.

6. During dinner your slut aunt who is cheating on your uncle steps out to call her boyfriend. Your uncle is drunk and depressed and passes out. Their children are crawling under the table biting people’s ankles and getting kicked. Your slut aunt is quick to say, “Careful, they might have diseases. I should know.”

5. At dinner your aunt who cannot deal with the fact her son is gay mentions he got abducted by aliens yet again. She has him show the supposed probes in the back of his head and mentions that she saw the UFOs last night and they are coming back for her son. To protect her she mentions she has her Ouija Board where she plans to channel the spirit of J. Edgar Hoover.

4. During the phase of the meal where people name things they are thankful for your grandfather says, “That I’m so old that if I killed your grandmother they couldn’t send me to prison for too long because I will be dead soon.” And then he passes out.

3. As a family craft you are making turkey’s by tracing your hand. However, your cousin who has been struck by lightning (and survived) three times cannot partake. It’s because he is having a bad reaction to the electrical socket not so far away.

2. You open the bathroom door to pee and turn on the lights. Lo and behold your grandmother is using the bath tub to mix the stuffing.

1. Thanksgiving makes you remember when times are tough you have family. But when you have family, that’s when you need egg nog with plenty of Southern Comfort.

2 airline pilots made a bad landing because they were using their laptops, and awhile ago a trolley operator caused a crash because of texting while driving. We need to wage a war on Distraction! 

An Obama administration official said that Fox News is only interested in making money.  How ironic, the one business to make money because of the actions of the Obama administration is Fox News.

This just in, Steve Phillips found a Hare in his soup.

Turns out Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has a real law breaker right in his own home -- his wife Maria Shriver. The Governor finally caught wind of his wife's illegal activity -- habitually talking on her cell phone while driving! That violates the new law that her hubby supported and signed into law just last year. Maria was photographed twice driving her car while holding her cell phone -- most recently last Sunday in Los Angeles. Had she been busted, she would have owed the bankrupt state of California $20 plus fees for the first offense and $50 plus fees for the second. The pictures were forwarded to Schwarzenegger who went on Twitter and dropped the following note to Harvey Levin: "Thanks for bringing her violations to my attention. There's going to be swift action."  ***MARLAR: He says there is no truth to the rumor that he is going to terminate her. 

Falcon and his balloon provided alot of exciting action but in the end had no success. Hes changing his name from Falcon to the Rockies.