I’m getting a bit tired of Math jokes. So much repetition makes it sound cool to be math illiterate when actually it is sad. Math is a necessary basic skill in today’s society and the lack of it is just as much a handicap as the loss of an arm or leg.Math is not hard when it is taught well but all the constant barrage of “I can’t/don’t do Math” poisons students before they even get started into a self-fulfilling prophesy.
“A train pulls out of A at seven o’clock going X miles per hour. Then another train pulls out of B at nine o’clock going Y miles per hour. At what time will the trains meet?”
So what do you have to consider? Do you need to know how far apart are stations A and B, or is that a red herring, or what? Are the trains coming at each other? Are they on parallel tracks going in the same direction? To this day, I have never heard any explanation as to how to solve this problem. I submit that this is just one example of how mathematics (and other subjects) are made unnecessarily difficult.
Well, I was about to say, “Math is for losers” like usual until I read TheSkulker’s comment about how pretending like it’s cool to be math illiterate is tired. He/she/they isn’t/aren’t wrong, though the idea that this attitude poisons children before they start doing math is a weak take. Like, citation needed?
I only speak from my experience. I wanted math to be fun and enjoyable. I made the effort for it to be as such. It was not. However, I’m not a fan of tired jokes (except when I am). So instead of saying “math is for losers”, I’ll say, “Math? No thanks.” Not as funny, but not as offensive to math nerds.
TheSkulker about 10 years ago
I’m getting a bit tired of Math jokes. So much repetition makes it sound cool to be math illiterate when actually it is sad. Math is a necessary basic skill in today’s society and the lack of it is just as much a handicap as the loss of an arm or leg.Math is not hard when it is taught well but all the constant barrage of “I can’t/don’t do Math” poisons students before they even get started into a self-fulfilling prophesy.
x_Tech about 10 years ago
But what if you don’t one of those?
x_Tech about 10 years ago
Okay folks that was a trick question.It’s Costello doing the math.
ladykat about 10 years ago
One of the reasons I never did well in algebra was a teacher who called me stupid if I didn’t understand the problem.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago
He is serious Heart.
cybergal29 about 10 years ago
Geometry was my problem in Math. I could understand Algebra. I often wonder if it was because I have Asperger’s or was the way the course was taught.
sjsczurek about 10 years ago
“A train pulls out of A at seven o’clock going X miles per hour. Then another train pulls out of B at nine o’clock going Y miles per hour. At what time will the trains meet?”
So what do you have to consider? Do you need to know how far apart are stations A and B, or is that a red herring, or what? Are the trains coming at each other? Are they on parallel tracks going in the same direction? To this day, I have never heard any explanation as to how to solve this problem. I submit that this is just one example of how mathematics (and other subjects) are made unnecessarily difficult.
Decepticomic almost 3 years ago
Well, I was about to say, “Math is for losers” like usual until I read TheSkulker’s comment about how pretending like it’s cool to be math illiterate is tired. He/she/they isn’t/aren’t wrong, though the idea that this attitude poisons children before they start doing math is a weak take. Like, citation needed?
I only speak from my experience. I wanted math to be fun and enjoyable. I made the effort for it to be as such. It was not. However, I’m not a fan of tired jokes (except when I am). So instead of saying “math is for losers”, I’ll say, “Math? No thanks.” Not as funny, but not as offensive to math nerds.
benjnavarro28 6 months ago
Math is for winners!