Posted on 12/07/2021 9:21:13 PM PST by Trump20162020
Actually the real IDIOTS here are the conservatives who STILL send their kids to government schools...thinking that their particular schools are unaffected by the rot that infects all levels of education. I get it with Leftists, the schools are just what they demand - but to see conservatives put their vaunted ‘lifestyle’ over the education of their kids sickens me. My kids did fine bunking in a small house and not going to Disneyland (and thereby not having to go public schools in exchange)...and I suspect other kids would be fine too.
Math is a process.
A calculator, uses a set of processes to calculate the values of a function you enter into it. These laws of mathematics are fixed, repeatable and clearly can be understood.
Is a transistor racist?
Or are some people just stupid or lazy? Take your pick of whatever word you wish, it’s either stupid or lazy; because race isn’t the answer.
Correct, but I think for this thread and the poster’s point more apt than subgroup breakdowns would be.
Seems to me the bigger problem is that they made it to high school without being able to do basic math.
You're right in that most people will never have to figure out things like this accurately in order to have a fulfilled life. It is important, though, to know that it can be done. It's even more important to know what can't be done. Learning what can be done is an important step to understanding what can't be done.
Just look at the positively foolish things that a very large number of people today actually believe: You can choose your gender. Conservatives that drive SUVs are overheating the planet, while Liberals who fly in personal jet airplanes aren't. Global warming causes both floods and droughts, both hurricanes and doldrums. Equity makes everyone equal. Flooding the country with empty ballots doesn't cause vote fraud. Communism spreads prosperity. Etc.
Learning some basic mathematics, biology, history, and life skills helps each individual separate the chaff from the wheat in all the fields you must run through in life. You don't always have to be able to do it all from rote memory, but it is quite important to know what can be done.
Again, this is SARCASM!!!
Next up: defining the slide rule as an instrument of white privilege.
The black jocks need not be educated, they are thoroughbreds.
Please share the name of that Calculus textbook! I was always good at math, but for various reasons I had no idea of what Calculus even was!
All of my college math professors routinely ripped on struggling students. They took no pity on anyone.
Guess who goes to the unemployment line? /racism
I recommend the Saxon Math books. Although you many not think you need it, it is best to start at the 4/5 level and work through each book until college level calculus and physics. I have done this and now I do calculus and physics problems for fun. It is far more engaging than Sudoku.
Here’s the equation: one house minus one dad equals zero.
Solve that problem and you solve the problem.
Just stop teaching math to all the stupid kids that dont want to learn it. It will resolve itself in less time than it took the communists to corrupt our education system.
Heheheheheeee!!
“Just stop teaching math to all the stupid kids that dont want to learn it.”
Agree. These losers in a classroom dilute the teacher’s time and attention and ruin it for kids who want to learn and be successful.
Math wasn’t my strong suit, but I did take and pass the required three years in the NY Regents program. I’m glad I did, but I don’t think many kids now have parents’ support, or overall stick-to-itiveness.
reading, math, science, writing, are all “racist”. Being on time is “racist”, expecting people to behave is “racist”, expecting someone to do their homework is “racist”.
The “schools” are turning out rioters, looters, vandals, arsonists, and killers.
Thanks for the correction
I agree that some teachers have the ability to put things in a way that others can understand.
I went into teaching when I realized that I understood some of my classmates questions while the teacher seemed clueless as to what the student was confused about.
However, when I was confronted with a class of underachievers I found that my techniques made little difference. I do not know even today what might have worked. I believe many teachers are faced with this concern, but cannot get past the fact that some students are making it difficult for others to learn.
Thank you for your comments.
I appreciate your efforts as a teacher. My wife comes from a family where most of the people on her mother’s side were all teachers. They took their profession very seriously. I of course had good teachers and bad teachers during my time as a student. It seems like the reward that the good teachers receive is more from the satisfaction of a job well done and the relationships formed with students and in some cases parents.
Our youngest child is now in her 40s so it has been so long than I do not know what the situation is like currently other than frequent reports that the price of education has increased greatly while the quality of the instruction received at least in our local schools has declined. This of course is likely partially because of changing demographics and societal attitudes, but teachers cannot be held completely blameless. I am sure that as a good teacher this must be very frustrating.
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