Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Marsha Carper’s entire sixth-grade class were staring into computers in her classroom and the Holley School library last Wednesday, fingers dancing over the keypads, solving math problems.
On-line were students throughout the world – over 80 other countries to be exact – matching wits in real-time mental arithmetic in 60-second competitions.
This is the first time Carper has had a class participate in the event, which offers prizes to…