GOP senator attempts to ax Algebra II requirement for Minnesota high school students
GOP senator attempts to ax Algebra II requirement for Minnesota high school students
Sen. Robert Farnsworth, R-Hibbing, during an education debate Tuesday attempted to amend an omnibus package to allow students to graduate without passing his sworn enemy: Algebra II. “I graduated on June 1, 1996. That was 10,167 days ago, and it has been 10,167 days that I have not used algebra,” Fa...
“I graduated on June 1, 1996. That was 10,167 days ago, and it has been 10,167 days that I have not used algebra,” Farnsworth said on the Senate floor.
Keep em stupid and voting R.
This is always the plan. Ignorant people hate better.
Defense industry along with many others will crater
That’s the thing with fascists, they don’t care that their policies will ultimately hinder the country.
They only care that right now they need a group of undereducated, newly minted voters that they can manipulate into voting for them.
If this kills off a vital industry in 10 or 20 years, it won’t matter because they got what they wanted.
It’s the same thing the nazis did with “Jewish physics” that made them so far behind on the atom bomb that the Americans where able to catch up despite Germany having a 2 year head start on the research.
Or how Pol Pot arrested and murdered anyone who was vaguely academic, to the point that wearing glasses could get you arrested.
Dictators and fascists fear educated citizens.
That’s the most anti-intellectual, dumb shit I’ve heard all week. Of course it’s a Republican. “Hey kids, we’re only gonna teach you how to work in a McDonald’s for paltry minimum wage because that’s all you’re gonna do!”. Fucking asshole
Looking at the curriculum, this is all things that I covered in middle school. I think the more advanced parts may have been touched on in my first year of high school. What are students in the US studying where middle school math is a graduation requirement?
High schools in many states are gearing towards various individuated pathways that cater to college and career readiness, rather than one-size-fits-all set of universal requirements. If your chosen pathway includes advanced maths, then they are required. Otherwise, not.
Hello, American here.
The answer is nothing. High school students are studying nothing.
Hope that helps!
Motherfucker used algebra to figure out how long it's been since he learned algebra, then claims he doesn't use algebra.
"He’s talked about how I probably never experienced that rush of completing an algebra problem, and I probably shouldn’t say this on the Senate floor, but no I didn’t … because I wasn’t a nerd,” Farnsworth said."
Getting rid of algebra is a bad idea, but that's hilarious.
I can see where he's coming from. Going to a credit system as opposed to a set course would allow for more flexibility in what students learn. You could offer things like stats, finance, etc. It's just probably a bad idea to do it when scientific literacy is so low that a large fraction of people aren't convinced climate change is real.
probably the reason math gets so much hate in school is because it’s taught so poorly. it’s all just about memorizing some dumb formulas and plugging things into preselected equations. math is so much more than that, and it’s really a shame that it’s not taught in a way that encourages more creativity.
here’s a paper written by a mathematician on this very subject (i promise it’s readable): https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
Sure, but when we try to teach actual number sense all the other adults while and complain about how they’re “an eNGiNeER aNd evEn tHey caN’T do thIS NEw MatH, The Old waY waS FinE!!!1!!eleven!!”
We need to ban public officials from sending their children to private schools.
Not sure whether you're being down voted because they think you agree algebra needs to go or because you're implying that algebra is cool.
Either way it's amusing to me.