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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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.

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  • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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!

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      • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Sorry, your realm does not extend into English

        Sorry, it most definitely does when it comes to how English is used in Maths

        It’s tangential to mathematics, but it isn’t mathematics

        The way we say Mathematical things is 100% Maths

        There’s absolutely nothing you can improve on?

        I can improve some badly written textbooks. Probably every Maths teacher can.

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        Has a teacher ever been wrong (or just uninformed) about a topic in a subject they teach?

        Yes, ones who haven’t looked in the textbook which seems to be the case with a lot of unqualified U.S. Maths teachers

        Does every English teacher know the content of every book?

        Probably the content of every book they teach 🙄

        No one knows everything about a subject

        Teachers do. It comes from teaching the same thing year after year after year

        Anyway, this isn’t your subject!

        Yes it is! 😂

        This is English, not math

        It’s Mathematical English

        Do you see any formulas, proofs, or equations in these comments?

        Do you see words in Maths textbooks? And the definitions of them? 🙄

        What don’t you get?

        Why you keep insisting that Maths textbooks are wrong

        It being in an algebra textbook does not limit it to the realm of algebra

        And NOT being in any arithmetic book means it’s not part of Arithmetic 🙄

        Numbers are in that textbook too

        Yep, both Arithmetic and Algebra, as opposed to a(b+c) which is only in Algebra books.

        If I’m wrong, I’d love to see the citation

        Says person who can’t cite any Arithmetic books it’s in 🙄

        Anyway, unless you provide that proof at the end there

        Already gave it in the previous post… which you didn’t look at 🙄

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