It’s all about race. Surprise.
College today is less difficult than grade school 50 years ago
Mexico says ‘We Don’ Need No Stinking Algebra’. And what Mexico wants Mexico gets.
Guess from which college employers will not be hiring students from? Since this is a word problem the answer may be permanently out of reach for these “graduates”.
This is how you’ll die—in a hospital after the phucking asshole who titrates your meds can’t figure out the formula. More ammo for the diversity crowd to use to wipe out the White race.
Everybody get a trophy!
College has been turning into just another social club.
Why should student of color have to know math if they want a math or a science degree? Isn’t that also racist.
Doing what, exactly?
“...part of a larger effort to increase graduation rates.”
1. Increase entrance requirements.
2. Fire the tenured professors who don’t add anything.
3. Fine the school districts not educating their high-schoolers.
Oh, wait. I forgot. It’s all about getting as much cash flow as possible.
1. Let anybody in who can get a loan.
2. Don’t make them think - kill the math courses.
3. Whine until you get your way.
4. Re-define the standard so yer stoodints kin pas.
Its racist to force blacks & Latinos to learn math.
So much for higher standards. I guess math is reserved for whites and Asians only.
What were they thinking?
If the minorities and non-citizens can’t do it, then cancel it.
Quite a rule to follow for TEACHERS.
I couldn’t do Algebra either, UNTIL I TOOK THE CLASS, STUDIED, AND FIGURED IT OUT.
It all comes down to one word...L A Z Y.
It be too much trouble, and I don’t need dat to sell crack on da street corner.
Meanwhile, the rest of society loses out on producing smart, productive, young people for generations to come.
We who are older won’t be around to engineer the next generation of cell phones, computers, and video games. We won’t even be here to repair the ones you have.
BAck to the stone age for everyone.
Produce more uneducated citizens. Affirmative action in disguise.
Just like not teaching cursive writing..oops, the rest of the world still uses it and if people can’t write it, how can they read it? If folks can’t solve Algebra problems, how can they solve more complex math problems?
And is algebra really the only means we have to determine whether a student is going to be successful in their life?
It's not sufficient, but it's most definitely necessary.
And if you don't understand that distinction, you've no business calling yourself an educator.
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable sub-human who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.- R.A.H.
The more math experience you have, the less people can trick you. It’s the reasoning ability and logic that goes with it, not just number crunching or formulas.
E.g., someone with little math experience is more likely to believe it when they are told that man’s contribution to climate is as significant as, let’s say, the sun.
They are more likely to believe that the small amount of smoke they get secondhand is about as bad for them as what a smoker gets.
They are more likely to believe that government helping the poor is cost effective, being unable to imagine how expensive those government employees, buildings, and lavish benefits are.
But courses on white privilege and the problem of whiteness are absolutely necessary.
Haven’t they dropped everything yet? Give the snowflakes more time to protest.