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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 15 May 2019

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted sonch

    I accept that there's no answer that YOU could possibly give, but I could certainly explain it to your kid for you.https://twitter.com/soncharm/status/1128787224542232583 …

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    Replying to @brainfertilizer @MorlockP
    I imagine my kid coming to me to ask why he got this ‘wrong’. There’s no answer I could possibly give that wouldn’t involve explaining that the teacher and/or person who wrote the test is kind of stupid, & that it’s best to indulge him/her. That’s not math. This isn’t math.
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      2.  🦀‏ @riyenakshi 15 May 2019
        Replying to @MorlockP

        The proper answer can't be derived from the question alone. You have to know that there are certain methods the teacher will accept, and equally valid-in-principle methods she won't. It's not about math – it's about learning the teacher's password.

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      3.  🦀‏ @riyenakshi 15 May 2019
        Replying to @riyenakshi @MorlockP

        And in corrupting math – where proofs are either sound or unsound, answers either right or wrong – with guessing the teacher's password, the lesson conveyed is to read the minds of authorities and tell them what they want to hear – nothing less, nothing more.

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      1. sonch‏ @soncharm 15 May 2019
        Replying to @MorlockP

        Hey don’t hold back feel free to elaborate, you’re not limited to snarky quote-RTs that don’t address my prior sincere replies to you sigh carry on I guess

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      2. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon 15 May 2019
        Replying to @MorlockP

        Twofold question - is the estimate right y/n? yes Why? "Because it's the exact answer" is a complete proof of why Any explanation of what that's "wrong" involves explaining that actual math doesn't apply in "math" class and calling it math class is a lie

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      3. Covfefe Anon‏ @CovfefeAnon 15 May 2019
        Replying to @CovfefeAnon @MorlockP

        To get deeper you then have to explain why his method and answer were correct as an answer to a mathematical question but what was being asked wasn't a mathematical question which is a very complex subject to explain to kids - some adults in this thread don't even understand it

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      2. Dedicating Ruckus‏ @ded_ruckus 16 May 2019
        Replying to @MorlockP

        I think to test estimation methods, you need a question that's actually non-trivial via calculation saying "answer via estimation" for question you can solve in your head in five seconds, then marking off for correct answer, is cruddy teaching even though estimation is valuable

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 May 2019
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        that, or you need to ask the kid what method he used which the teacher did and the kid gave the wrong answer

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      1. Sean R O'Connor‏ @seanroconnor 16 May 2019
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        Probably just as good why I don’t have kids…this stuff drove me bonkers as a kid and would make me ballistic as a kid This is (as they like to say) a “teachable momment ” for the kid to find out why they were marked wrong But Not as the teacher expected if it was my kid…

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