This is part of the equity vs equality stupidity. I always loved math, even the math that exceeded my scope because its the only honesty. Math is rigid and doesnt care about you, or your identity. A wrong answer in woke equity is right as long as your intentions were good. Equity makes things blow up. Math/=Equity Ill stick with the old truths of mathematics
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 12:49 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > This course seems stupid. The original context is the Oregon DOE > newsletter provided a link to it. > > On the one hand, the DOE is not forcing any teachers to take this course. > On the other hand I don't understand why they would even suggest it. On > the other-other hand, I don't think we need to flip about it. This is not > an actual math curriculum. > > > On 2/12/2021 1:24 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > Yeah, that is what got me too. We all know there are a bunch of ways to > arrive at the right answer. But in math, most of the time there is one and > only one right answer. Or in the cases of roots, you can have two right > elements of the solution but you need both of them to constitute the one > right answer. > > *From:* Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2021 11:17 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT possibly political > > I think this quote pretty much tells you all you need to know: "Upholding > the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuate > objectivity as well as fear of open conflict." > > If they were talking about teaching different methods of arriving at the > correct answer, that's a fair discussion. I think it's probably true that > there are differences in the way individual's brains work that make some > methods work better for some people than others (although I seriously doubt > that has anything to do with race, but it could very well be related to > cultural and linguistic background), so there's a reasonable argument for > saying that we should look at different methods of arriving at the correct > answer, but I'm pretty sure that math is one area where there is in fact > always a right and wrong answer. > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:54 AM Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well if that doesn't spell it out for you, I don't know what does. I was >> half kidding in my response earlier, but looks like it was spot on now. We >> are doomed if this crap is allowed to proceed. >> >> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:48 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregon-math-course-racism-white-supremacy-teachers >>> https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy >>> >>> *From:* Carl Peterson >>> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2021 10:18 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT possibly political >>> >>> Not sure of your source but I think you misunderstand. >>> >>> >>> https://www.mathnasium.com/littleton-news-when-one-correct-math-answer-is-not-enough >>> >>> "Reframing the above problem to encourage divergent thinking might look >>> something like this: >>> >>> “Find the sum of 32 + 5 and then create more equations that have the >>> same sum.” >>> >>> Theoretically, someone could keep thinking about this problem forever >>> and generate infinite correct answers." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:32 AM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Just read of a push to teach a “new math” the encourages multiple >>>> “correct answers” to math problems and eliminates “show your work”. >>>> Supposedly cleanses math teaching from institutional racism. >>>> >>>> OK, irrespective of your genetics, heritage, cultural backgropund and >>>> gender choices, if I tell an employee to go read the sequentials off of a >>>> reel of cable and tell me how much is left, they better get one frigging >>>> answer, the one and only correct answer. >>>> >>>> So I am an old fat entitled unwoke white guy. By some accounts >>>> automatically racist. I don’t feel that way, but again I am unwoke >>>> (whatever in the hell that means) so I wouldn’t know. >>>> >>>> I simply don’t get how getting the one and only right answer in math >>>> class is institutional racism. Can you imagine someone that came up >>>> through schools that allow this trying to get into an engineering program? >>>> Now who is suppressing whom... >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Carl Peterson >>> >>> *PORT NETWORKS* >>> >>> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >>> >>> Baltimore, MD 21202 >>> >>> (410) 637-3707 >>> ------------------------------ >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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