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As far as the OP is concerned, the continuing problem of people failing to recognize dollar coins as real coins is not so much one of ignorance - for any one individual, that can be solved very quickly with minimal effort. You can show an older person a coin catalogue, but if you want to convince a young person, just tell them to look it up on the Internet.
Nor is it one of a failure of education, per se. The government spent lots of money on an education campaign when the coins were first launched; I really don't see the point in a government spending even more money continuing to educate people about coins which for all practical purposes simply do not exist in large parts of the country.
To me, the root cause of the problem seems to be that your government does not actually seem to know how to go about replacing a circulating banknote with a circulating coin. That's what scares me.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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when I was a child the teacher passed out plastic dimes, nickels ,quarters and pennies
told us to make change or xx amountand would walk around to see if we made change correct
then collect the plastic coin chips and mix um up, tell us to make change and we would grab more chips make change , it was pretty good to get us to make change and use coins in diff ways .
I wonder if the have kids arec still doing this today and using " plastic " dollar coin chips should be involved in the project
If they did it could end this whole "not familiar with the gold dollar" thing and make it more accepted by kids growing up because in 5-10 years they will be teenagers and young adults used to the gold dollar coins
Edited by coppertop5150
02/09/2011 07:32 am
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I'm still in school(7th grade)and we had a question in math "blank has blank amount of coins adding up to blank. how many coins does he/she have?"
my teacher said there was only one way I could do it.
i figured out about 4, using a mix of cent pieces, halves, 2 cent pieces, 20 centers, and dollar coins.
all I got was a blank stare from everyone.
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My original post I suppose was broad and insulting to the teens that do know about it. In reality the blame should be put on the parents. A parents job is to raise your child so they can survive in the world. Money is the key to everyday life, you should know what all coins and notes are so you don't get messed up when pay comes.
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What really needs to change is this game the mint is playing..........if they'd stop making different coins every ear and give up trying to compete with coin dealers we'd all be better off IMO. Too many changes in too little time.
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coppertop5150
Last year I got two of those plastic cents in rolls of pennies so I guess they are still using them somewhere:)
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To me, the root cause of the problem seems to be that your government does not actually seem to know how to go about replacing a circulating banknote with a circulating coin. That's what scares me. Well said.  |
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The government spent lots of money on an education campaign when the coins were first launched; I really don't see the point in a government spending even more money continuing to educate people about coins which for all practical purposes simply do not exist in large parts of the country.
Bill Cosby once said the reason all parents say things three times is when they talk to their kids the first time they don't hear you, the second time you just get their attention and finally the third time they hear you. Sort of true with everyone in many ways. People all watch TV, listen to the Radio but usually only hear what they want. Quote:
The one thing that really stumps young cashiers is when you hand them amounts to minimize your change back:
IE: If you hand them $22.17 for a $12.17 purchase, they might ask you why you didn't just hand them a "twenty".
And that too is not limited to kids. At an Engineering company building Nuclear plants, a few were discussing the spacing between transmission poles. It was agreed to keep them at 100 Feet spacing for all 10 of them. One Engineer pulled out his calculator to find out the total. Think something was missing in school?  Quote:
Remember all the derision you're heaping on poor teenagers the next time one of them fixes your computer or shows you how to use your phone. Hopefully you won't be laughed at.
Unfortuately truer words have never been spoken. Edited by just carl
02/09/2011 11:23 am
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Remember all the derision you're heaping on poor teenagers the next time one of them fixes your computer or shows you how to use your phone. Hopefully you won't be laughed at. Not that I would heap anything onto them, I have no worries. I have been using computers and other high technology since their parents were in grade school.  |
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likewise, buck, and I'm only 25.
rollhunter, I think the problem with your statement is that these are just the creme de la creme you're conversing with. they might be a bunch of decrepit old farts but they've still got a heck of a lot of general knowledge about things that might surprise you.
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I guess that being older than dirt and having to learn how to add,subtract,multiply and divide by writing and memorizing and doing 3 or 4 hrs.of homework,sometimes for each subject, on a daily bases is no reason to wonder why education of our youth has declined over the last 4 to 5 generations.My kids learned things in lower grades in school than I did,and their off spring learned on calculators,computers etc.
I see the problem to be changing times.It use to be a parent was home to help a child and enforce discipline,then both parents had to work,to hopefully provide a better life,then kids were learning stuff we never learned,then there is one parent families,class room overcrowding,unruly students,on on and on.Where it goes from here who knows,but it is sad in a way,to-days youth will be our countries future.
God help and bless us all. gasman96
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so sad... but think of it this way, these are the people who often put silver back in circulation for us to find!!
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Somewhere, I have a reprint of an ancient Roman manuscript, with similar complaints about "today's youth".  It's easy to forget about those teen years--and what we considered important. At 18, I hardly had adult priorities. |
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I agree that 'youth' should recognize the coins for what they are, but also feel that if people used them more we wouldn't have these problems. The only time I receive them is when buying a ticket for the subway everyday. In fact, I received a few last week, looked at them, and thought these look like play money - cheap and tacky. The gov't should drop the $1 paper bill and force the billions of these coins sitting in vaults to be released for usage. The are not convenient to use, while paper is lightweight. I never spend them either, they pile up in a jar and I roll them and return them to the bank.
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Dollars and halves also make great poker chips. Plus you never have to worry about cashing your chips in because you can take them to the bank. You just have to explain why the bigger coin is worth half as much as the little one!
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