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2018-03-31 Great White North

High School Switches To ‘Africentric Math' To Attract Black Students [VIDEO]

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-31 00:16|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 If your magazine holds 14 rounds of 9mm and you fire 5 rounds in a drive-by, how many rounds of 9mm remain ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-31 00:49|| 2018-03-31 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Did you start with one in tbe chamber?

Posted by gorb 2018-03-31 01:01|| 2018-03-31 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Ever heard of "Bell curve"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-31 01:21|| 2018-03-31 01:21|| Front Page Top

#4 "Afri solutions to Afri problems?"

Posted by Tarzan Panda8290 2018-03-31 01:24|| 2018-03-31 01:24|| Front Page Top

#5 One example of the new approach is using Egyptian pyramids to explain trigonometry.

Sexagesimallenials!

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-31 02:38|| 2018-03-31 02:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Wow, now we will have Certified Afro-engineers…

Posted by Joe of the Jungle 2018-03-31 07:18|| 2018-03-31 07:18|| Front Page Top

#7 math challenged

Posted by Flilet Omeremble3846 2018-03-31 07:43|| 2018-03-31 07:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Math is racis

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-03-31 07:48|| 2018-03-31 07:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Are they going to take a field trip to count grains of sand in the Sahara?

Posted by AlanC 2018-03-31 08:05|| 2018-03-31 08:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Cries of cultural appropriation in 3... 2... 1...

Posted by Raj 2018-03-31 09:03|| 2018-03-31 09:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Maff be hard 'n' sh*t...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-31 09:18|| 2018-03-31 09:18|| Front Page Top

#12 The idea of trying to make mathematics more interesting to students is a reasonable one, and one of potential benefit to all.
The trouble with this approach is it is probably ineffectual and is based on the notion that the kids are hung up on race and interested in African history.
Actually they are much more interested in their own surroundings and, like all children are attracted by enjoyable things, like games and puzzles and magic, and the they can be attracted by first exposures to such things, to get them involved, then dull details. Dull details on African history will do nothing for the target audience or any audience.

Posted by Daniel 2018-03-31 11:40|| 2018-03-31 11:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Cause Africa is such a shinning example...

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-03-31 12:13|| 2018-03-31 12:13|| Front Page Top

#14 The idea of trying to make mathematics more interesting to students is a reasonable one, and one of potential benefit to all.

Won't work if they don't have the gene for problem solving.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-31 12:18|| 2018-03-31 12:18|| Front Page Top

#15 Cause Africa is such a shinning example...

You've never been to Wakanda?

Posted by SteveS 2018-03-31 12:19|| 2018-03-31 12:19|| Front Page Top

#16 Abstract thinking

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-31 12:48|| 2018-03-31 12:48|| Front Page Top

#17 Learning math is helpful, whatever it takes to get them to learn actual math and not some common-core subspecies of math that will leave them uncompetitive in the real world.

Posted by ruprecht 2018-03-31 14:53|| 2018-03-31 14:53|| Front Page Top

#18 A comedian said long ago...I got into drugs because I wanted to learn the metric system.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-03-31 15:36|| 2018-03-31 15:36|| Front Page Top

#19 Do tell... What will be the third world hidden political indoctrination in this "Africentric" approach?

Posted by Omeger Gray6606 2018-03-31 17:28|| 2018-03-31 17:28|| Front Page Top

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