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To: cicero2k

“…math is irrefutable and the same all over the universe.”

Aren’t you the racist? I’ll bet you even expect students to get the right answer, too. Off to the CRT seminar with you to get your head straight!


7 posted on 03/14/2021 10:07:37 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
> I’ll bet you even expect students to get the right answer, too.

There's a basic misunderstanding about "answers" when it comes to Math. [Caution, the following sounds pedantic but it's really meant semi-seriously.]

There is only one "answer" to a Math problem, and it's the one that is correct mathematically. Mathematically incorrect responses are responses, but they do not answer the problem.

The modern groovy, PC motto: "There are no wrong answers" is actually not far off. Because a wrong answer is not an "answer" at all, it's just a mistaken response. "Answering" something with hogwash might work in politics or psychotherapy, but in Math it's just wrong.

There are no "opinions" about a Math problem. There is an answer, and there is everything else which is not an answer.

So to address your comment, No I don't expect students to get the right answer, I mostly expect them to come up with incorrect responses. Teachers are supposed to correct that. I am pleased and delighted when they do get the right answer. :-)

11 posted on 03/14/2021 11:04:21 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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