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| Orwellian: Teacher Blames 'Western Imperialism,' 'Colonization' for Concept of 2+2=4 |
| 2020-07-09 |
| PJ via Instapundit Brittany Marshall, a self-described teacher and Ph.D. student, took to Twitter this past weekend to voice her displeasure about the concept of 2+2=4, saying the "idea" of the simple math equation is merely "cultural." Brittany is person of color doing a PhD in mathematical education - see comments/span> |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #13 wonder how she would function in an actual job Believe me, you don't want to see it. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-09 15:51 |
| #12 /\Glorified Interior Decorator, more like. Doesn't sound like a STEM-core Civil Engineering major... people that build things out of concrete and steel that are not supposed to fall over. |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-07-09 15:35 |
| #11 she claims to have a master's degree in Architexture from North Carolina State and working on a Ph D at Rutgers wonder how she would function in an actual job |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-07-09 13:43 |
| #10 Architecture huh? Wouldn't let her do a project budget or Autocad |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-09 12:43 |
| #9 2 + 2 = 5 ... for large values of 2 |
| Posted by: Grish Groluse7296 2020-07-09 11:34 |
| #8 “Do you remember,’ he went on, ‘writing in your diary, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four”?’ ‘Yes,’ said Winston. O’Brien held up his left hand, its back towards Winston, with the thumb hidden and the four fingers extended. ‘How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?’ ‘Four.’ ‘And if the party says that it is not four but five — then how many?'” -- George Orwell, “1984” |
| Posted by: Maggie Poodle6767 2020-07-09 10:45 |
| #7 “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” George Orwell - '1984' |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-07-09 10:41 |
| #6 Balancing your checkbook is racist! |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-07-09 10:29 |
| #5 Not the Bee? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-07-09 09:46 |
| #4 "Teacher" educate thyself. |
| Posted by: Chunky Ebbanter9368 2020-07-09 08:14 |
| #3 Somehow the Chinese, Egyptians, Mayans, et al figured out how to do some math in their architectural construction and calendars well before contact with any 'white' civilization. BTW, Brittany, those are Indo-Arabic glyphs you are using there. Europeans didn't get around to |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-09 07:27 |
| #2 Home school Then online uni = money saved. Trump needs to give home schoolers a voucher for saving the school's system money to be redeemed if/when their kids get better than average results. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-07-09 05:46 |
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-09 03:05 |