Sign of the times

1.Teaching Maths in 1970

A logger sells a truckload of timber for RM100.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.
What is his profit?

2. Teaching Maths In 1980

A logger sells a truckload of timber for RM100.
His cost of production is 80% of the price.
What is his profit?

3. Teaching Maths In 1990

A logger sells a truckload of timber for RM100.
His cost of production is RM80.
How much was his profit?

4. Teaching Maths In 2000

A logger sells a truckload of timber for RM100.
His cost of production is RM80 and his profit is RM20.
Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

5. Teaching Maths In 2005

A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how the birds and squirrels might feel as the logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit of RM20.


6. Teaching Maths In 2009

A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be offensive to the local Dato'Kongs or other religious groups not consulted in the felling licence. He is also fined a RM100 as his Chainsaw is in breach of  the local Ketua Kampung's Health and Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something. He has used the chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however he does not have the correct certificate of competence and is therefore "con"sidered to be a recidivist and habitual criminal. His home mattress is checked for stains and DNA is sampled and his details circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken to court and fined another RM100 because he is such an easy target of being a loyal oppostion member. When he is released he returns to find the illegal loggers have cut down half his wood to build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is arrested, prosecuted for harassing the relatives of the local state BN assemblyman, imprisoned and fined a further RM100. While he is in jail the illegal loggers cut down the rest of his wood and sell it on the black market for RM100 cash. They also have a BBQ of squirrel and wild boar and depart leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is arrested for environmental pollution, picketing without an approved police permit, breach of the peace and invoiced RM12,000 for safe disposal costs by a regulated BN government contractor.

Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be arrested and fined before he realises that he is never going to make RM20 profit by being a Pakatan Rakyat supporter, hard work, give up, and depend on his children for the rest of his life?

7. Teaching Maths In 2010

A logger doesn't sell a lorry load of timber because he can't get a loan from Bank Pembangunan to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a derivative of securitised debt and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million ringgit bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the biggest losses.

The logger struggles to pay the RM1,200 road tax on his old lorry however, as it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations and since he wasn't "friendly" with the authorities, he is forced to scrap it.

Some loggers with red NRICs buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and send their cash back home. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport them at the government's expense. Following their holiday back home, they return in a sampan with different names and fresh girls and start again. The logger protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is on the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay RM1,500 registration fees as a kongsi leader.

The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as bonuses are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim the difference on expenses and allowances.

You do the ***** maths.


8. Teaching Maths 2017

أ المسجل تبيع حموله شاحنة من الخشب من اجل 100 دولار. صاحب تكلفة الانت=D 8ج من
الثمن. ما هو الربح له؟



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Walk on a path of compassion
And all else around you will be beautiful."
           Every Blessing