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re: More evidence that math is x-ist: Algebra is a "civil rights issue"
Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:35 pm to StrongSafety
Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:35 pm to StrongSafety
i don't think the crazy person in teh OP is even making this a racial issue
just a generic "civil rights" issue
just a generic "civil rights" issue
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Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
Hard bigotry of no expectations.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of California Community Colleges
The Eloy were a bunch of white dumb asses..
Who got eaten by the morelock...
Posted on 7/21/17 at 2:41 pm to SlowFlowPro
So he's advocating that companies lower their standards to accommodate minority hires? So, affirmative action?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 3:10 pm to Tiguar
Sad commentary.
Why is it racist?
Does the phd notice that persons with a lot of melanin refused to buckle down and do all the problems, not just the ones with answers in the back. For most people math is about being willing to do all the steps and not blame the "man" if you skipped a chapter and wonder now why you cant get the answer to question 1.
Why is it racist?
Does the phd notice that persons with a lot of melanin refused to buckle down and do all the problems, not just the ones with answers in the back. For most people math is about being willing to do all the steps and not blame the "man" if you skipped a chapter and wonder now why you cant get the answer to question 1.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 3:36 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
I just realized he's referring to a college algebra requirement. That seemed so ridiculous that I thought he was discussing high school algebra,
Holy chit - I thought he was talking about high school also - so this is the exponitiation of stupid.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 3:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
just a generic "civil rights" issue
So - It is about the "others" who are not "us" = got it.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 3:56 pm to ChineseBandit58
I really hate to say this,but, in my store of about 45 employees, I have been shocked recently to find that most of them can not do simple math. I was shocked last week when I asked a worker to add 3 items up to see if a food stamp customer had enough stamps/EBT card to pay for it. She could not add 3 items up on a pc. of paper. She is a Jr. in college. I had another cashier that could not add 2 produce items up and divide by two. She is a graduate of a Ms. school. I asked a male stocker[full time] to add up 6 items for a nursing home resident purchase that was out in a car by the front door waiting to pay. My guy, age 25, could not add them up. He had to go to our back office to get a office lady to use an adding machine to add.I don't know what America is going to do. I learned math in the 6th and 7th grade 40yrs ago.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:03 pm to TupeloTiger
If you want to see confusion give a cashier an extra dollar after they have rung you up and your change due back is $4.03.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:14 pm to SlowFlowPro
Stats is really used heavily in operation management classes.
I do feel like to fully understand stats you need to grasp calculus
I do feel like to fully understand stats you need to grasp calculus
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:15 pm to SlowFlowPro
A human rights issue?
Maybe we should attach a degree to a baby's birth certificate?
This sounds like- "it's too hard so we shouldn't have to do it."
Maybe we should attach a degree to a baby's birth certificate?
This sounds like- "it's too hard so we shouldn't have to do it."
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:19 pm to gthog61
quote:I'm not sure I follow your scenario, I'm interpreting it as this:
If you want to see confusion give a cashier an extra dollar after they have rung you up and your change due back is $4.03.
1. Item is rung up.
2. Customer pays for item.
3. Customer is owed $4.03 in return.
4. Before it is returned, customer gives cashier and extra dollar.
Or is this way off, and the scenario is completely different?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:28 pm to SlowFlowPro
This is a holy shite post because statistics are typically taught after calculus.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
serious question (i never took stats in college): can you really do much with stats without calculus?
Yeah
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:32 pm to Loserman
Hmmm, many jobs that require a college education do not require algebra. If you know what we would call basic math you can do a lot of jobs. You can do a lot of technical jobs and not know algebra.
This post was edited on 7/21/17 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:35 pm to SlowFlowPro
Everyone's a victim and everything is a victimizer. These people are sad....
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:44 pm to Loserman
quote:I've never seen calculus as a prerequisite to statistics, unless one is actually a statistics major and going to get involved with theoretical problems, working with probability functions, or determining estimators, one is unlikely to use much calculus in a stats course.
This is a holy shite post because statistics are typically taught after calculus.
I mean I do a lot of stats work, and if you asked me to determine the maximum likelihood estimator of some distribution, I would probably pass on that.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:47 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
quote:
Hmmm, many jobs that require a college education do not require algebra
Using that standard, there would be a zero class requirement to get an associate's degree
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:49 pm to Lou Pai
quote:
serious question (i never took stats in college): can you really do much with stats without calculus?
quote:
Yeah
Well you can, but you need to modify the saying...
lies, damn lies, and statistics to...
Lies, damn lies, and subpar math.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 4:56 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
This is a holy shite post because statistics are typically taught after calculus.
quote:
I've never seen calculus as a prerequisite to statistics, unless one is actually a statistics major and going to get involved with theoretical problems, working with probability functions, or determining estimators, one is unlikely to use much calculus in a stats course. I mean I do a lot of stats work, and if you asked me to determine the maximum likelihood estimator of some distribution, I would probably pass on that.
I write computer simulations of rocket motor chuff.
I couldn't even imagine doing my statistical work without knowing calculus.
This post was edited on 7/21/17 at 4:58 pm
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