#politics · Neon Genesis Phijkchu

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

I just think algebra requires a lot of abstract thinking that's not necessarily easy for kids to understand.

Spooky Phijkchu Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

And just don't label it as calc

taxes Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

because theyre not taught it at a young age

taxes Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

thats the issue

taxes Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

the more you learn at a young age, the better set you are for life

taxes Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

we fucking spoon feed children retard shit

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

kids literally cannot understand abtract thinking as easily

taxes Nov 12, 2025 10:59 AM politics

so they come out like half as strong as they could be

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

you can't just teach kids complex things earlier and say, well, we taught it, so they'll learn it

Spooky Phijkchu Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

I think introducing differentiation and integration as psuedo-operands before proving them with limits and formal logic, builds a stronger foundation as well

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

no but you can ease them into it

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

im not saying start them on algebra the same way

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

but we fucking dilly dally

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

for way too many years

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

if you tell a kid the square stands for something that could be anything

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 11:00 AM politics

differentiation and integration are also closely tied to physics, so it's a lot easer to understand those concepts once you've taken physics

legorhin Nov 12, 2025 11:01 AM politics

introduce velocity as a derivative in physics to ground it

legorhin Nov 12, 2025 11:01 AM politics

or acceleration

legorhin Nov 12, 2025 11:01 AM politics

don't teach mathematics as abstract rules, teach it in the context of why it was derived

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 11:02 AM politics

We're already teaching physics extremely late into education, so I'm fine with moving that up, but it's still difficult to just shift EVERYTHING forward a few years.

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:02 AM politics

I didn't take physics until senior year I'm pretty sure lol

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 11:02 AM politics

In my area, most students take physics junior year

legorhin Nov 12, 2025 11:03 AM politics

me neither, but I skipped to AP physics

legorhin Nov 12, 2025 11:03 AM politics

but not calculus based so it was useless

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:03 AM politics

i think

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

statistics should be mandatory too

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

:)

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

i actually feel like i learned more from statistics

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

than any math class i ever took

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

Statistics was retard math at my school

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

nigga what

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

ap stat requires you to actually write down and explain a shit ton

TinyBomby Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

I completely agree actually, I didn't learn stats until college, and only barely at that, but stats is incredibly useful.

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

what retard is writing paragraphs extrapolating meaning from numbers

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

Yeah it was retard math

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

They gave it to the people not doing advanced classes

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:04 AM politics

so not AP stat

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

just regular stat

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

Yeah

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

ok that makes sense

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

i imagine regular stat has very low standards

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

my AP stat final exam was like a 4 paragraph essay

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

I took a stat course for college a few months ago

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

So you know

Rusp Nov 12, 2025 11:05 AM politics

I got there in the end

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:06 AM politics

Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby

I completely agree actually, I didn't learn stats until college, and only barely at that, but stats is incredibly useful.

I think it helps you be open to common retarded shit and actually "understand" some number uses in the real world

legorhin Nov 12, 2025 11:06 AM politics

I really enjoyed my grad level engineering stats course

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:06 AM politics

I genuinely believe it's actually one of the few classes that can help you in normal day to day life

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:06 AM politics

in some way or another

taxes Nov 12, 2025 11:06 AM politics

even if its just understanding the world around you

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