[math-fun] US Opposition to teaching of Arabic Numerals at 56%
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide. -- Gene On Monday, May 13, 2019, 4:43:30 PM PDT, Ed Pegg Jr <ed@mathpuzzle.com> wrote: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6TskeIXoAAnZHL.png _______________________________________________
١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩ i think it's hard to keep them straight. maybe they should teach them, after all. in particular, six looks like seven, four looks like a backward three, and five is clearly zero. On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 4:54 PM Eugene Salamin via math-fun < math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.
-- Gene
On Monday, May 13, 2019, 4:43:30 PM PDT, Ed Pegg Jr <ed@mathpuzzle.com> wrote:
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Don't think we can read too much into this. It's simple, understandable ignorance of a piece of technical vocabulary. On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 7:54 PM Eugene Salamin via math-fun < math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.
-- Gene
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But it's funny! Hope Congress doesn't hear that we are teaching Arabic numerals to young, impressionable children in school; never know how they might react. And please, no one tell the President of the United States! On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 5:17 PM Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't think we can read too much into this. It's simple, understandable ignorance of a piece of technical vocabulary.
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 7:54 PM Eugene Salamin via math-fun < math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.
-- Gene
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What would happen is that after some rather painful debate, Congress would legislate to rename them "Freedom numerals". On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:21 PM Tomas Rokicki <rokicki@gmail.com> wrote:
But it's funny! Hope Congress doesn't hear that we are teaching Arabic numerals to young, impressionable children in school; never know how they might react. And please, no one tell the President of the United States!
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 5:17 PM Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't think we can read too much into this. It's simple, understandable ignorance of a piece of technical vocabulary.
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 7:54 PM Eugene Salamin via math-fun < math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.
-- Gene
On Monday, May 13, 2019, 4:43:30 PM PDT, Ed Pegg Jr < ed@mathpuzzle.com> wrote:
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Watch out for the numerous generality dimensions of these phenomena. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg On 5/13/19 16:53 , Eugene Salamin via math-fun wrote:
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.
-- Gene
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Snopes weighed in when I submitted. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teaching-arabic-numerals/ On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 3:20 AM Andres Valloud < avalloud@smalltalk.comcastbiz.net> wrote:
Watch out for the numerous generality dimensions of these phenomena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg
On 5/13/19 16:53 , Eugene Salamin via math-fun wrote:
This reminds me of the petition run by an Idaho high school student to ban the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide.
-- Gene
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