Stupid Guest Tricks

I play a game called Furry-Paws. The currency is FP and FPP. One FPP is worth 450,000 to 500,000 FP. That should be easy to understand, right? WRONG. How hard is it to understand that 100,000 is a quarter of 400,000+ that the FPP trades for?

I sometimes trade with kids as young as 8 to 10 years old and can understand a lot of dumb things but this takes the cake. As I wrote this I could picture her at a park trying to get in with $5 or a cute kid offering a penny for some gum. Sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Here is the messages between her and I.


SG to be: i see you have 1 fpp up for action how much are you asking?

Churchy replies: usually 475000 but if you ask nice I might go down a bit.

SG to be responds: thank you for sending a message back about the fpp. I have about 100000 to spend on fpp how many would that ge me ? thank you!

Churchy replies: 100,000 would get you about a quarter of an fpp

SG to be responds: how many is that

Churchy responds: not enough. think of a pie. cut it in half and throw away half. take the half of a pie that is left and cut it in half. throw away half. what is left is a quarter of a pie

SG to be responds: ok i understand all that, so is that 1fpp or 2 or 3 or

Churchy responds: I think you need to have an adult explain to you what a quarter means.

SG to be responds: ok I am a adult thank you for your time. I just wake up.

I think I get it. A quarter is one seventh? Or a half? I don't get it.

I understand that my math skills go away while I am asleep and return awhile after I wake up, but I still remember that a quarter is one fourth.

So my next question: Did she go to Portland Public Schools?

This reminds me of a news report I saw the other night, where in math, they are now teaching kids to get an answer close to the correct answer. Reminds me of a mock commercial I heard on one radio show (and it's in rotation on the feed to radio stations during commercial breaks, too) where he's making fun of the fact that schools are more worried about kids feelings than whether they learn anything. Part of it goes something like this...

Teacher: What's three plus three?

Student: Eight?

Teacher: Very good! Hug!