nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

I hear that Math, in and of itself, is racist, obviously in the white priviledged way. Leftist perpetuation of racism in everything from math to blowing a nose has got to stop. Sooner or later they will turn upon themselves and we, the un-racist racists, will have to mop up the mess.

ExperienceCounts

Mikeyavelli

Privileged class, actually learned something.
You ain't supposed to learn anything. That's up to THE SCIENTISTS who inform Biden. They know everything so that nobody has to waste time thinking or learning!

Abel

IMHO: The more you practice (doing your homework) the easier it gets. Some students are just too lazy to learn, and some teachers are too lazy to teach, or in some cases are forced by the government to teach an agenda. Showing your work is a tool that allows the teacher to see where the students are going wrong and allows the teacher to correct them. Letting the students grade each others test papers, and the teacher not reviewing them, is a terrible way for a teacher to teach. I've had experience with one of my sons concerning this problem, and I discovered he was dyslexic by watching him solve homework problems, so I went to his teacher about it and now that teacher doesn't do that any more because I got involved! Observing a student at a chalk board allows an observant teacher, a rarity anymore, to spot visual problems, such as dyslexia and a need for eyeglasses.

Mathematics is just a set of rules one follows to get a particular result, and if one doesn't learn the rules one will be handicapped for the rest of their life. Reading, writing, and 'rithmetic, along with civics, history, spelling, and grammar, are very important life skills, and from some of the comments I've seen in OPP over past times is absolutely living proof of it.

Both students and teachers can share the blame; there are good teachers and students and bad teachers and students, but for a teacher to pass a student that isn't truly prepared to the next grade is about the worst thing that can happen. The student will likely never catch up and the workload of a good teacher in the following grade is seriously impaired by having to try to salvage the slacker student without slowing down the rest of the class, which is very hard to do. I know, because I've been there and done that! Of course if the teacher who the slacker was dumped on happens to be of the same mindset as the teacher who passed the slacker on, they will simply pass the slacker on, and on, and that is why a customer in a fast-food joint has trouble getting the correct change back if the cash register is broken (and raising the minimum wage won't help this problem, either), and industrial employers get new employees who can't do the task they were hired for. I've also worked with some of these under-educated people and had to carry them until I could get them trained; some of them had trouble tying their shoes until Velcro came along!

I almost can't believe Oregon would teach what the article pointed out, almost, but the election is proof that it's probably true, and Oregon isn't the only state that is promoting this crappy education. It doesn't have a thing to do with "race" or "white, black, or green supremism" either. Basically, the modern public so-called "education" system has a lot to do with the condition that we find our un-United States in now. Truly a bloody shame, and it's getting worse by the day. If we are ever to get our new banana republic, whatever we decide to call it now, back on track, the public educational system, the home, and the family is where we have to start. Throwing manure into the Establishment Swamp just made the problems grow.

Roamin' Catholic Loc: luxurious exile

Totally agree Abel! 👍

My post was just a feeble attempt at humor. Two(2) Words- (count- 1.Math 2.Is 3.Hard)

I don't mean to insult anyone's intelligence by explaining my joke, it's just uncontrollable Aspergers taking over. 😐

Roamin' Catholic Loc: luxurious exile

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lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

For some reason I don’t think that’s the case at all and yes I caught it at the time but thought it was also intentional, you brat.😂

Capt-jack Loc: Home

Is there a problem with non-white intellect? Seems so.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Yes if you believe science, if, because other science says there is no difference in races in determining intelligence..

Most scientists studying intelligence have discovered, in essence, is that people differ greatly in intelligence and those differences affect our life chances. Our different IQs persist throughout our lives because we each inherit different versions of the genes for intelligence. These natural variations in mental capability make some degree of social inequality inevitable in a free society. Ensuring that all citizens have an equal opportunity to get ahead on the basis of their abilities and efforts cannot eradicate that inequality...

Better to consider it from here, if you wish..

https://www.dana.org/article/pretending-that-intelligence-doesnt-matter/


And for comparison on blacks specifically~Warning may be viewed as racist by some..

https://www.brightworkresearch.com/what-is-the-problem-with-not-addressing-black-intelligence/

And finally~~start on page 2 thru 6 at least...

https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/30years/Rushton-Jensen30years.pdf

America 1 Loc: South Miami

They will need more than a calculator to figure that one.

Mikeyavelli

Shoowee mizz linna, you sho is smart!

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

You be da smartz... lololol you do crack me up~~~😂🤣🙌

Mikeyavelli

You cuter than a speckled puppy under a fire wagon. 😊

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

🥰 so are you!! With a great humor too!!

Mikeyavelli

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