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Cethin@lemmy.zip 16 hours agoYou’re very rude. Also, Ill informed, and you think you’re smarter than you are. For example, this:
as an example in “elementary algebra.”
Algebra isn’t taught until high school
Elementary doesn’t mean elementary school. Do you think elementary particles are the ones they teach you in elementary school? Lol. Elementary means fundamental or basic.
You’re very rude
What do you expect to happen when you call a Maths teacher wrong about Maths?
Ill informed
Maths teachers are ill informed about Maths?? 😂
Elementary means fundamental or basic
Which therefore contradicts your argument about it being part of Arithmetic, which is taught in elementary school, Algebra isn’t
Maths teachers are ill informed about Maths?? 😂
Dude, there are math geniuses, who were powerhouses in the field, who were wrong about some things. Do you think you’re above them?
Which therefore contradicts your argument about it being part of Arithmetic, which is taught in elementary school, Algebra isn’t
I don’t think you understood that. Elementary particles are taught in undergrad physics, not elementary school. They’re elementary because they’re fundamental, not because of when they’re taught. Elementary school teaches you the fundamentals to your future education. That’s why it’s called that, not because they teach you everything that uses the word “elementary.” Also, many things are fundamental (elementary) to their fields that won’t be taught to elementary school students. The sharing a word does not make them related.
What do you expect to happen when you call a Maths teacher wrong about Maths?
I didn’t say you were wrong about math. I said you were wrong about English that is used in relation to math. Clearly this isn’t a strong suit of yours, and that’s fine. However, stop acting like you know everything, because you clearly don’t. You’re using some very strange logic to argue you’re right, and it doesn’t make any sense.
Do you think you’re above them?
You know we’re talking about Year 7 Maths, right? 😂
Elementary school teaches you the fundamentals to your future education
but NOT The Distributive Law, which is taught in high school, in Algebra
I didn’t say you were wrong about math
You said “I don’t think you’re right”, and followed it up with “Ill informed”, to a Maths teacher.
I said you were wrong about English that is used in relation to math
And you were wrong about that too
Clearly this isn’t a strong suit of yours
What you mean is you clearly can’t rebut any of it
However, stop acting like you know everything
I know everything about high school Maths - I teach it
you clearly don’t
There you go again calling a Maths teacher wrong about Maths 😂
You’re using some very strange logic to argue you’re right
You think Maths textbooks use very strange logic??
it doesn’t make any sense
read this then. Contains Maths textbooks
You said “I don’t think you’re right”, and followed it up with “Ill informed”, to a Maths teacher.
About pedantics, not math. Sorry, your realm does not extend into English. Even if you were one of the great mathematicians of our time (which I suspect your not, but I don’t know you) this still isn’t the same domain. It’s tangential to mathematics, but it isn’t mathematics.
I know everything about high school Maths - I teach it
Everything, huh? There’s absolutely nothing you can improve on? Has a teacher ever been wrong (or just uninformed) about a topic in a subject they teach? Does every English teacher know the content of every book? You can be a great teacher and still not know everything. No one knows everything about a subject, even when they’re complete experts. Anyway, this isn’t your subject! This is English, not math. Do you see any formulas, proofs, or equations in these comments?
You think Maths textbooks use very strange logic??
What don’t you get? It being in an algebra textbook does not limit it to the realm of algebra. Numbers are in that textbook too, yet they aren’t exclusive to algebra. I’m reasonably confident that your textbook, where it teaches this, does not say “this is a part of algebra, and no other domain.” If I’m wrong, I’d love to see the citation.
Anyway, unless you provide that proof at the end there, I’m done with this conversation. Goodbye and I hope you have a good time teaching math!
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
The clouds could part, revealing an unmistakable divine presence, where a herald of angels trumpet, and the creator of the universe tells this guy he’s being a hypocritical crank, and he’d bicker until god himself said “Stuff this” and moved on.
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 15 hours ago
The creator of the universe made the laws of nature, which gave rise to the rules of Maths, which can be found in Maths textbooks 😂
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Which you said changed 130 years ago.
SmartmanApps@programming.dev 7 hours ago
The definition of Division changed more than 130 years ago. a+b/c+d originally meant (a+b)/(c+d), but that limited you to one division per expression, so they changed the definition to be a+b/c+d=a+(b/c)+d, which brought it into line with all the other operators - the underlying Maths never changed, just the way we write expressions did