Posted on 10/24/2017 9:14:39 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
I would like to see her fly on an airplane that was designed by women and minorities who cannot pass Algebra and Geometry.
I quite agree, based upon my own personal experiences. The Professor is a flaming nitwit.
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“Things cannot be known objectively; they must be known subjectively”
In other words, I “feel” like 1+1 should equal 3. How moronic. Mathematics is the epitome of objectivity.
.....so blacks can just continue saying that math and science is only for white crackahs, and they will continue as a group to languish behind whites and Asians in the high paying STEM careers.
It’s the choice of blacks, nobody is making them choose bull sh*t degrees like “social justice,” “black womens’ studies” and “community activism.”
All I can say is “wow”.
Well, then she should be officed only in buildings on campus that were built by architects, engineers, and workers who did not have any algebra, geometry, or physics.
Funniest thing I’ve ever seen......Math in the Hood
So what the “professor” is trying to say is that minorities are TOO STUPID to be able to learn these subjects? That’s “rasis”.
When you dig down into the history...it leads back to the Babylonians. It is true that the Egyptians were the ones who got into linear equations (lot of this seen in the Pyramids). So the term algebra is Arabic in nature.
If you were talking about geometric algebra...then yeah, it’d be the Greeks who developed this.
I don’t think this professor knows much about the historical side. It doesn’t matter who developed it....just that it works. She sounds like some loser who is continually looking for something to get all angry about. She might as well suggest that tampons are ‘white privilege’ because white guys from France developed them.
My son is a Chemical Engineer. He had to be proficient at a lot of math I don’t understand to get his degree. But I do understand this:
At a petrochemical plant, the fluid in the pipe has to be set at the correct temperature, pressure and flow rate based on some fairly complex mathematical calculations. The fluid in that pipe does not care about the person making those calculations; not about race, national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation. If the parameters are not set correctly, the plant blows up and people die. The fluid is truly and completely color blind; it does what it does.
I may not understand the calculations that set those parameters, but I know how they work. Clearly, this stupid teacher does not.
I believe she is a “math education” type, not real math.
Rest assured that when “education” is associated with a degree, one can safely assume a recipient living well to the left of the SAT Bell Curve.
My apolgies to all the excellent math teachers (not educators) out there. Wish there were more of you.
Mathematics is universal.
So is hot. So is cold. So is dark. So is light. So is wet. So is dry.
These concepts don’t change no matter where you come from.
Who knew?
And the importance of being 6'8", athletically inclined, and able to dribble, dunk, and shoot a basketball also creates unearned real world privilege. My pudgy 54 year old grandma self demands I be entitled to the same salary as NBA players, just to remove their privilege.
Even worse- it’s sexist!
Geometry
Algebra
Math and
Science
What’s that spell?
GAMS! That’s sexist!!
Good one
Unfortunately, in many schools, when black kids do well, their peers put them down for being too white.
Think back to Jamie Escalante teaching Mexican kids calculus at Garfield High in inner city Los Angeles (made into the movie, Stand and Deliver). According to wikipedia, " In 1987, 27% of all Mexican Americans who scored 3 or higher on the calculus AP exam were students at Garfield High." Why doesn't this professor implement programs for (a) seeing that education is valued in the home, (b) changing the perspective of those black kids who think doing well in school is a bad thing, and (c) setting expectations higher, not lower. This crazy professor is setting up kids to fail.
I’m fine with the belief that math is associated with white achievement and the resulting civilized, advanced cultures.
FWIW, began about a year ago. http://lathisms.org/
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