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NASA, intrigued by new “Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction”, looks forward to hiring graduates
LiberalLunacy ^ | 4/8/21 | Liberal Lunacy Staff

Posted on 04/08/2021 11:22:21 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

https://campusreform.org/article?id=17070

(Houston – 4/8/21) Intrigued by a new math program called “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction” (Link above), being developed by the University of Oregon, an anonymous NASA official said they are looking forward to hiring graduates of this program for future engineering slots. In a statement released today, the official said:

“We find this new program especially intriguing because in NASA's history, we've been focused on making sure our engineers are especially proficient in what we're coming to realize, is a white oriented, racist math focus, which requires the correct answer to complex problems while also requiring how the correct answer was arrived at”.

“Developing a program which focuses on “opportunities for ongoing self-reflection as they seek to develop an anti-racist math practice” will allow us to see math in a new way which should help us in our engineering future featuring manned space flights to Mars and beyond”.

“We think this will add needed diversity to our engineering departments and who knows, maybe their new way of doing things will be better even without the correct answer being arrived at”.

Other unnamed government departments are also interested in more information about this new and exciting breakthrough.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: humor; mathracism; satire
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1 posted on 04/08/2021 11:22:21 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

This has got to be satire!


2 posted on 04/08/2021 11:25:10 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

The last man who understood all of math, died 75 years ago.

He was from another dimension.


3 posted on 04/08/2021 11:26:40 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

It’s not like it’s “rocket science”.

This is a joke, right ?
Exact calculations are needed in lift, trajectory, orbit, etc.
We’re going to have rockets falling all over the U.S.


4 posted on 04/08/2021 11:28:21 AM PDT by VicVanleeuwenhoek
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

accepting 2+2=3.67 will work no better
than putting in cm for inches did.


5 posted on 04/08/2021 11:28:54 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
From the bottom of the page at web site:
DISCLAIMER: The stories on this page are not real, and exist only in the demented mind of the author
6 posted on 04/08/2021 11:31:07 AM PDT by dainbramaged (The best bilge pump is a scared man with a bucket.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

In the UK, ‘Pathway’ is the term they use when they decide a person is too old to deserve medical treatment, so they simply say “sorry, there’s nothing we can do”, even though that’s not usually the case.

Seems to apply here too.


7 posted on 04/08/2021 11:35:30 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Babylon Bee level good stuff.
The sad thing is that given the almost non-existent intellect of the left, it’s becoming believable.
But, it does give a false hope to those who live at the absolute bottom of the math ability ladder: the media, congress critters, and left wing NEA members.


8 posted on 04/08/2021 11:36:02 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Back to Muslim Outreach-ish.

Unbelievable.


9 posted on 04/08/2021 11:37:07 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Ya, wait until they get to the more advanced math curriculum required for an engineer. For example, Ordinary Differential Equations, not for the faint of heart. And I'm sure (i) imaginary numbers are going to be judged raciest, who needs em.
10 posted on 04/08/2021 11:37:57 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

NASA seems obsessed with projecting an image of itself that they believe is appealing to juveniles. What are they recruiting for again? /s


11 posted on 04/08/2021 11:43:07 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Captain Rhino

Nope, not satire. My kids had this math 25 years ago. I think it was set up that way so the kid’s parents couldn’t help them. Remember “Rain Forest Math”

It’s again changed so my kids can’t help my grand kids.

The correct answer will not give you the right answer in today’s math.


12 posted on 04/08/2021 11:44:41 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
We've arrived, folks. After 6,000 years of human advancement 2 + 2 now equals 5!
13 posted on 04/08/2021 11:44:55 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: Diogenesis
accepting 2+2=3.67 will work no better than putting in cm for inches did.

They're not at decimals yet but they know that 2+2=22

14 posted on 04/08/2021 11:48:29 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Yeah. Like I’d want to be the first astronaut to ride in anything created from this line of “instruction.”


15 posted on 04/08/2021 12:01:43 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

More opportunities for destructive projects


16 posted on 04/08/2021 12:03:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

It is against the rules of Freerepublic to post satire and not label it as such. Just a heads up before the moderators see this.


17 posted on 04/08/2021 12:04:44 PM PDT by impimp ( )
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Obama nearly destroyed NASA by turning it into a political propaganda machine. I am sure Biden will go down the same toilet.


18 posted on 04/08/2021 12:07:23 PM PDT by Bayan
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

I saw a Dept of Army advertisement for an Operations Research Analyst. The principal qualification was at least 24 hours of college level mathematics including calculus. The advertisement was restricted to the mentally handicapped.


19 posted on 04/08/2021 12:09:04 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: Bayan

NASA died along time ago !

https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/nasas-new-mission-and-the-cult-of-management-155873900/


20 posted on 04/08/2021 12:10:52 PM PDT by Reily
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