[George J. Jetso]

Stupidity is caused by global warming.

[TheCipher]

C'mon We all know the real reason for this:

[AndyJackson]

What’s the problem? It’s.8333333333. Duh!

[AndyJackson]

What’s the problem? It’s.8333333333. Duh!

[moovova]

“1/2 + 1/3”

Do it with pizza...

1/2 pizza + 1/3 pizza = darn near a whole pizza.

See how easy that was?

[Fresh Wind]

0.8333333333333...ad infinitum

[FMBass]

Yeow! This is shocking. I can see a “Journalist” or a “Gender Studies” major not knowing rudimentary arithmetic, but someone who is in a STEM program?

That “problem” is covered in most 5th grades. It should have been solvable within seconds, merely via inspection. It’s not like they are asking you to prove the Riemann Hypothesis, or solve a quantum mechanics issue using Lie algebra.

[eyeamok]

5/6

[nopardons]

BTTT

[mo]

Vaxed out brains.....precisely what the New World Order expects of its slaves

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Math disaster in college: Would-be STEM majors can't add 1/2 + 1/3

As it is, most of the new engineers I interview every year are ethnic Indians or Chinese who've graduated from US colleges. Those countries have better and more rigorous academic standards leading up to college these days than we do - especially in math. And things are getting worse here as we prioritize diversity over any actual ability or learning.

[Roos_Girl]

These idiots entering college would have been in 9th grade when things started shutting down because of covid, well past the age of learning how to add fractions. At least one someone knew these kids didn’t know basic math for at least 5 years previous to this, though really it’s been much longer.

My homeschooler started learning fractions in 3rd grade, but he’s slightly ahead in math from what used to be the normal.

[joshua c]

but they know their

LGBTQs

[antidemoncrat]

Hey, give them a break. At least they know which pronouns to use.

[mjp]

frustrating
disgusting
appalling
The government is too focused on handouts and welfare, and the education system is too focused on indoctrination rather than teaching students how to think for themselves.
Those who are unproductive because they are irrational and ignorant are a burden on everyone else.

[Rummyfan]

Math disaster in college: Would-be STEM majors can't add 1/2 + 1/3...

It's five-sixths....

[glennaro]

This guy didn’t attend a “math boot camp”; rather, it was a recruitment center for Democrat/Communist Party political candidates, the perfect Democrat/Communist Party candidate being a person who cannot think, who without question does precisely what they’re told to do, and who does not interfere with the Democrat/Communist Party’s primary objective to “fundamentally transform the United States of America” as publicly proclaimed by the mulatto-marxist-muslim in 2008.

[sphinx]

Since math is racist, this actually demonstrates progress on the part of American K-12 education.

We can always import STEM grads if we need them. As long as they’re nonwhite and promise to vote democrat.

[riri]

My son's girlfriend, half Filipino, was the engineering school student of the year.

His other good friend, half Korean and female, can't stop the phone from ringing for job interviews. Another STEM graduate. Soft STEM majors, some sort of sciences.

THAT is what they want in STEM.

[Reno89519]

Yes, remove calculators for the basics. This simplifies college admissions, as racist math questions like 1/2 + 2/3 =

I coached competition math for 2nd through 9th graders, had to relearn a lot of math to keep up with some of the kids. There are some, a few, that are incredible without calculators, but 99% are unprepared and clueless, calculator or not. It starts with the parents, ends with teachers. My experience is that neither no how to teach.

And practice and homework? As a culture we are increasingly allergic to it.