Right? No one brags about winning math awards in high school unless it’s true.I have math medals and awards from high school too, but it's not really something to brag about
Right? No one brags about winning math awards in high school unless it’s true.I have math medals and awards from high school too, but it's not really something to brag about
So you’re saying we’re all better at math than he is these days?I don't think he was. Jesus Christ you motherfuckers. I was just trying to make a joke about a dead guy. DONT RUIN THIS
We're also better at composing.So you’re saying we’re all better at math than he is these days?
Good thing I'm a carpenter, wait... electrician... er law enforcement...You know how you find out someone is a physicist/mathematician/engineer/etc?
Wait 5 seconds and they'll tell you.
Just wait until you can be equally confused by the new math methods that they're going to teach your kiddoI'm not, like, amazing at math, but I am a lot better than I always thought I was, I just suck at the rote memorization parts so I forget steps in algorithms if all I have is "here's the algorithm, follow the steps" which is how I was taught growing up.
one specific example is that I'd always fuck up when multiplying two two-digit numbers together because I'd forget the "placeholder zero" and y'all, I was a grown ass woman when it was explained that you're multiplying by TEN of the thing, which in hindsight as an adult makes total sense, but it was never explained that way to me as a kid, it was just "follow the fucking steps"
I was looking at the boys math homework and it made me feel even more retarded than I usually doJust wait until you can be equally confused by the new math methods that they're going to teach your kiddo
Throughout all of college I'd get partial credit on 75% of my answers because I forgot to carry a negative number to the next step, or did a math error.I'm not, like, amazing at math, but I am a lot better than I always thought I was, I just suck at the rote memorization parts so I forget steps in algorithms if all I have is "here's the algorithm, follow the steps" which is how I was taught growing up.
one specific example is that I'd always fuck up when multiplying two two-digit numbers together because I'd forget the "placeholder zero" and y'all, I was a grown ass woman when it was explained that you're multiplying by TEN of the thing, which in hindsight as an adult makes total sense, but it was never explained that way to me as a kid, it was just "follow the fucking steps"
Just wait until you can be equally confused by the new math methods that they're going to teach your kiddo
Now ChatGPT does it all!Throughout all of college I'd get partial credit on 75% of my answers because I forgot to carry a negative number to the next step, or did a math error.
Learned to show my work, at least.
I really like a lot of the ways they are teaching kids these days. My 7-year-old has a better understanding of place value and the concepts of scale then I had for many years. My 11-year-old 5th grader is doing and understanding math that I didn't comprehend until 8th grade because she learned so many different ways to solve problems that now she can apply knowledge rather than just memorizing one way to do things. She understands the why and the how, not just the how. This knowledge will serve them both well if they choose to get into professions that require higher math. Neither of them seems inclined toward that now though, and I'm not pushing them to get into it any more than they need to in order to function in the world.
Except instill within you how the actual formula work.Now ChatGPT does it all!
Sorta, but not really like ChatGPT. Which is a really stupid name.Back in my day, there were tools later on that would show the work too. Wolfram Alpha comes to mind, that was out when i was doing my last masters.
you saw the article about Claude i linked right?Sorta, but not really like ChatGPT. Which is a really stupid name.
I always learned best from walking through examples of how the formulas worked anyway.Except instill within you how the actual formula work.
it was being in college for Elementary Education that gave me the aforementioned epiphany.Just wait until you can be equally confused by the new math methods that they're going to teach your kiddo
I saw it before that, but yeah. Reminds me of Robocop (or I guess that M3gan thing) where it has a core set of rules, *then* its given all the information.you saw the article about Claude i linked right?
Oh, I'm aware. But he was good at math. And IIRC, he had a picture of him winning something in high school. I actually believe that part.