Thanks. I've just never heard anyone say it out loud. I read the news
as text like the dinosaurs used to, and it just doesn't come up anywhere
else. Saw it in that guide for teachers on how not to perpetuate white
supremacy while teaching math. I guess it's supposed to be gender
neutral instead of Latino or Latina.
I hope for a brighter future where we just call them "American" and
don't fret about where their parents came from.
On 2/12/2021 4:41 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
What I hear people on the radio saying is "Latin Ex". (or is that
Latineks?)
bp
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On 2/12/2021 9:54 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Honest question: How is LatinX pronounced? Am I supposed to say
"Latin Ex" or "Latinks"?
On 2/12/2021 12:47 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregon-math-course-racism-white-supremacy-teachers
<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oregon-math-course-racism-white-supremacy-teachers>
https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-education-math-white-supremacy
<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
<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...
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