ethnomathematics. Math that focuses on finding the correct answer is because of white supremacy. Not joking.

[Kutnupe14]

Definitely agree with the embellishment. I bet if you asked Audie Murphy about his acts of heroism he would have told you he didn't do anything special. Problem is, that doesn't sell tickets

Uhhhh.... “To Hell and Back?”

 

[IndyDave1776]

Was about to post this. /\ /\ /\ Since 1+1=2 is racist, and numbers don't matter, why not set up multiple prices based on the buyer's race? Yeah, that sounds equitable!!!

Not terribly different than the restaurant that made national news for having higher pricing and less/no ongoing service for men.

 

[femurphy77]

Uhhhh.... “To Hell and Back?”

Yup, watched it a couple of days ag. For the umpteenth time.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Uhhhh.... “To Hell and Back?”

Yep. He wrote the book and played himself in the movie.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

After reading the entire article, I remembered a quote from the book 1984.

 

[Chance]

When you have your life subsidized with free food, free housing and even free cell phone you don't need to know how to count. The check just appears every month. This does not apply to those genuinely in need.

 

[actaeon277]

After reading the entire article, I remembered a quote from the book 1984.

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[2in1evtime]

Back in the 90's i helped my son do his math, he came home and told me the teacher said it wasn't right, all the answers were right but since he didn't have the "new formula" for getting answers it was considered wrong, The teacher and i had a talk, she was new out of college, she changed his grade and explained that she wasn't taught to teach that right answers were right unless you followed her learning/111

 

[phylodog]

Back in the 90's i helped my son do his math, he came home and told me the teacher said it wasn't right, all the answers were right but since he didn't have the "new formula" for getting answers it was considered wrong, The teacher and i had a talk, she was new out of college, she changed his grade and explained that she wasn't taught to teach that right answers were right unless you followed her learning/111

Now they don't have to get the right answer or show their work. How very progressive. No one needs a job to get paid, no one needs money to pay their rent, groceries or utilities. Good God, why didn't we adopt this sooner? I wasted most of my life learning and earning, I guess that makes me a chump.

 

[Twangbanger]

Getting the "right answer" seems to be ok, when it's statistical parity between races that is being talked about.

I guess Stat is the non-racist mathematics.

 

[russc2542]

I only made it through part of the article. Yea, nasa lander, think about all the engineering that goes into cars... tell the person doing that seminar the engineer designing her car just got the design close enough so have fun on the freeway at 80 mph. meanwhile here I am spending how many hours a week on my spreadsheets managing millions of dollars (internal finance... mostly... but still) going to all the trouble of keeping things traceable and transparent. Guess I oughta just be guessing how much each program spends developing engines.

My wife was bit years ago helping a classmate's kid... spent 3 hours teaching the girl 2 digit multiplication because the teacher hadn't and sent a sheet home for the kids to guess the answers. poor kid got them all marked wrong because she actually did the math with my wife. her dad had words with the school and I never heard what the outcome was.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

And did it actually using a pencil and paper with a slide rule.



Don't think of slide rules as primitive or slow. A hundred years ago, when pocket calculators were new, I could smoke anyone in class with the old man's slide rule. It's a dirty rotten shame they don't teach kids to use them.

 

[fjw2]

I always felt math could be a bridge between people. If you get a group people talking about some thing they are good at and passionate about, barriers can melt away. Ya, I know that sounds naive. I’ve seen it happen first hand. So I believe it.

 

[phylodog]

I always felt math could be a bridge between people good at math.

Fixed it for you. I was terrible at math growing up. My Dad, my Son and my youngest brother are naturals with it and breezed through college level mathematics. I barely got through high school math.

 

[jsx1043]