Posted on 07/08/2020 7:11:50 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Brittany Marshall, a self-described teacher and Ph.D. student, took to Twitter this past weekend to voice her displeasure about the concept of 2+2=4, saying the idea of the simple math equation is merely cultural.
1984 called. It wants Room 101 back.
Nope the idea of 2+2 equaling 4 is cultural and because of western imperialism/colonization, we think of it as the only way of knowing, wrote Marshall. Never mind that the Arabic numeral system we use is not, you know, Western.
Marshall goes by the pronouns she/her and describes herself on Twitter as a teacher, scholar, social justice change agent, Chicagoan, PhD student, architecture enthusiast, wannabe math person, BLM always
Just the kind of person you want teaching your kids, right?
Her Twitter and LinkedIn accounts have been set to private, but a bio included in a directory of Rutgers Ph.D. candidates says that her area of specialization is Mathematics Education.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Ask her if the IRS agrees with her presupposition.
Hello parents - is this person teaching your children at your local public school??
5, of course, silly!
BTW — 24/7 used to be 3.428571428571429
But now no one knows what it is.
“... architecture enthusiast...”
Hey Brittany, try some of your funny math in that field. Move into the penthouse. Good luck!
...and someone in need of a tinfoil hat.
; )
She will never produce anything with what she teaches.
I would like to hear her rant on Pi.
Haha! You see? You see? 2 plus 2 does NOT equal 4! Told ya so! Take THAT Mrs. Schwartz!!! :-)
Which is why Solipsism is irrefutable.
Too bad this libtard didn't have to work in base 60, which originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still usedin a modified formfor measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates -- but not with 60 separate symbols. (Ever consider where degrees, minutes, and seconds came from?)
It's not "imperialism" on anyone's part, it's just lazy thinking and learning on YOUR part, libtard.
THERE ARE THREE LIGHTS!!
reads like it is.
Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.Frontpage Interview with Dr. Theodore Dalrymple: Our Culture, Whats Left Of It interviewed by Jamie Glazov [August 31, 2005]
Maybe she should consider that anything below base5 is cumbersome and that because we have 10 fingers we use a base10 system. If she wants she can use a ternary system and have 2+2=11.
Just read some of the bios of those folks....sheeesh! Anyone who sends their child to Vanderbilt isnt going to recognize them when they come home for Christmas Break.
from your link:
Brittany Marshall (she/her/hers)
External Program Affiliation: Ph.D. in Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development (Mathematics Education); Certifications in Africana Studies and Womens & Gender Studies at Rutgers University
PRISM Project:
COURAGE in Undergraduate Mathematics
Brittany is interested in the mathematics identities and belonging(ness) of African American girls and women, as well as, the teachers who help build their confidence and guide them to pursue STEM majors and careers. Prior to Rutgers, Brittany spent nine years teaching 4th-12th grade mathematics classes and served as the math department head/instructional coach in Chicago Public (and charter) Schools. She holds a bachelor of architectural studies from the University of Illinois and a master of architecture from North Carolina State University.
Then anything based on math is as well
Guess they have to give up every single modern convenience, including houses. Would love to watch as the snowflakes are de-phoned.
Describe that reckoning.
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