Posted on 04/02/2018 2:02:01 PM PDT by ethom
A Canadian high school switched to “Africentric Math” to attract black students to go into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(STEM) fields, according to Canadian Broadcasting’s(CBC) Wednesday report.
Nova Scotia’s Auburn Drive High School math teachers are skipping their previous eurocentric approach to teaching mathematics so black students will gain more interest in the subject, the CBC reported. Teachers are adopting an Afrocentric lens to teach mathematics, based on incorporating African history and culture to make math classes resonate with their students.
Auburn High School is working with the Imphop’s Legacy Academy, a program encouraging black students to get interested in STEM, to craft their new curriculum. One example of the new approach is using Egyptian pyramids to explain trigonometry.
“It’s academic math, but we want to build their self-confidence, their self-awareness so they can feel that they’re capable of doing the math,” Auburn Drive High School Principal Karen Hudson said.
Temple University’s African Studies Chair Molefi Asante originally designed the Afrocentric movement in a book, “Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change,” published in 1980. He criticized the “Eurocentric” focus of education and instead encouraged academics to make lessons more relatable to African students. One example is teaching biology based on black biologist Ernest Just’s research over someone white, according to The American Prospect.
There are already 23 students who signed up to take the Afrocentric math class starting September 2018.
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>>You have 3 shrunken heads. You paid $10 each for them<<
Beads, you Eurocentric mutha!!
MF 1 plus MF 2 equals MF Fo’
You have one missionary weighing 180 pounds. How many hours will you need to keep him in the pot to cook him medium well at a rate of 20 minutes per pound?
To show their commitment to this I’d suggest that libs line up to cross the bridge at the opening of the first one that was engineered by an ‘Africentric Math’ engineer!
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So, are we to believe that there is “Afrocentric Science?”
“2 white boys arrive at 3: 00 pm and we homeys wanna rob them of $100 with their wallets full of $500 bills. How much will be left if we robbed them of $200?”
Ebonics math?
Really?
Math is its own language.
Pyramids and trigonometry have what to do with sub-Saharan Africans? This sounds like more of that DNA-discredited “we wuz kangz” crowd.
The Graduates can then send out job applications and résumés written in Ebonics. Possibly the dumbest idea EVER from Academia?
Tyrone and Willie robbed 2 stores on Monday. Then they robbed 3 stores on Wednesday. On Thursday they assaulted an old man and robbed his wallet.
How many crimes did Tyrone and Willie commit this week?
All you have to be in order to attain massive success...be black.
The Pyramids are not sub-Saharan......
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There was one just a month ago, that fell on some cars...
This is to all of y’all who replied before I did. I thought about counting up stolen wheel covers or “nickel bags” using that new math, but didn’t do it, thinking it was too raysis. But you all make me look LAME!
Jevonte has three baby mamas. DeAntuan has 4 baby mamas. How many baby mamas are collecting welfare?
Answer: 7
So close.
how many rounds do he need to steal?
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They don’t have a “Trump” up there.
start off with the components of Purple Drank...
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