Posted on 03/13/2023 1:30:37 PM PDT by grundle
Gibs me dat sheepskin so’s I can be paid real money!
All a part of cultural Marxism and their attack on the wealthy capitalist Christian (white) nations
No math in any of those titles.
Typical -- probably flunked calculus or got a low grade, and is now trying to get his revenge.
I'm not sure what this guy's specialty is, but history ain't it. Calculus was invented by English mathematician Isaac Newton in the 1660s, which is the 17th century.
I think we should get rid of schools that get rid of standards.
For engineering you need calculus. For art, history, English literature, foreign languages, you do not. For business administration you need business math. A high school college prep kid can take 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and 1 year of business math and be completed ready to do college non-engineering. How much calculus does a chemistry or biology or botany major need? Calculus is for engineering.
Yep just have the AI read everything to you off the phone and then u speak and AI will type it for you, calculate it for etc. Dumbing down of people so they can be easily controlled. Fahrenheit 451, no need for books or thinking
I'm with you. Not knowing Calculus never kept me from doing what I wanted to do in life or from being a productive member of society. On the other hand, having experience in logic and rhetoric has made be a better thinker and speaker than almost anyone I know with an advanced degree, most of whom have been educated into imbecility topped with arrogance.
Basic calculus is the first math students encounter that enables simple modeling of how the world works. The concepts of first derivatives, second derivatives, integration (area-under-a-curve) are fundamental to a basic understanding of our world.
Sure one can get by without, because stuff like acceleration, momentum, gravity, all work even if one doesn’t understand the basics about them. And obviously people can develop an intuition about such things by other means. But absent a basic understanding of calculus you are flying blind.
The same can be said for basic statistics and probability.
Don’t get me started on basic engineering physics or electronics — so many people cruising through life without understanding how phones, radios, engines, airplanes, and so on work. I can’t imagine living like that where everything around you that makes society tick is so opaque.
I feel similarly about important legal principles like contract law, real property law, torts, and so on. They also work and effect your life even if you do not understand them.
Bfl
Calculus is excellent for determining the area of strange shaped object with curves. Not everything is expressed in square shapes. This is where calculus shines.
As a retired Math teacher, I can say with some confidence that if it wasn’t for Math in general (and perhaps Calculus in particular) we’d still be living in trees.
On his off time, he would take out a Sherlock Holmes pipe -- I still remember that aromatic pipe smoke wafting through the air.
In many, if not most school districts, Calculus is an AP class. Most students don't even qualify to enroll. I know, I know, AP classes are racist.
How many of those schools have zero students achieving basic competency on math, much less algebra, geometry or trigonometry? Don't kill calculus just because it shames the "we was kangs" crowd.
The one year of high school calculus was enough to let me skip the first two quarters in college and gor directly to Calculus III.
Generally speaking, you need Algebra I and II and geometry and trig before you get to calculus. I'm guessing the schools referenced above don't have a very strong math curriculum period.
“..Then multiplication and division. Then reading and writing. ...”
Wow...who knew those were even taught anymore!!!
I thought those already went out the window years ago for “condom on a banana” training. /s
Interesting that they quote a biology / medical professor on the importance of calculus. Whatever... the way it has been taught produced scientists and engineers who split the atom, got us to the moon and back, and developed modern telecommunications. So obviously it must go!
Maf be raysis!
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