Misogyny is to misandry as illiteracy is to innumeracy. Nearly everyone understands that misogyny and illiteracy are undesirable, without which the world would be better. By contrast, among some of the chattering class, both misandry and innumeracy have a strange, ugly cachet.
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Replying to @HeatherEHeying
Misandry: I can see this in a small number of radical feminist circles maybe But innumeracy? Where is there respect for that? There is certainly a dangerous anti-intellectual or anti-elite fad in this country, but I dont think that's the same.
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Replying to @jordan_olsen26 @HeatherEHeying
I think what she means, or how I took it anyway, is it's much more socially acceptable to say "I hate math", than it is to say, "I can't read."
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Replying to @rdube @HeatherEHeying
Ah. Fair enough. But we read every day. Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are arguably not even used on a daily basis. And even less common for algebra and beyond. So it's likely more acceptable based on the realities of the average person's daily life
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I’m in sales, I use algebra every day. Algebra is, IMHO, taught very poorly. It’s a super useful ability to have in life. I also dropped out in the tenth grade.
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I would argue that math is everywhere, and is used everyday by those of us who think in math. It enhances our world, renders it more comprehensible. And yes: math is often taught *terribly,* sometimes bc teacher can't teach, sometimes bc teacher him/herself is innumerate.
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I was thinking more in application. I use Excel constantly which is basically an algebra program. No teacher in high school could ever tell me why Algebra is useful, but without it everything I do would be 20 times more complicated.
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Replying to @BaerTnbaer @HeatherEHeying and
And I’m not a computer programmer or engineer, I’m a high school dropout who’s done sales and energy efficiency for the last 15 years.
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You’ve summarized well how bad most formal education is. Many of my best students were people who had been told by school that they were stupid. Some had spent years framing houses, driving forklifts—engaging the physical world, whose feedback doesn’t lie.
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