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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 23 points 2 days ago

Absolutely not fake, nor gay

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would understand "unsolvable" or something but 0 just hurts. Later you learn to specify "within natural numbers" and it's totally reasonable to stay within the number range you have learned so far and it would be fine to tell the kid "you're not wrong but let's keep it simple". Just don't teach things they have to unlearn later.

My brother was in a similar situation where he said the square root of -1 is i and the teacher was impressed and it was discussed as a positive thing at home

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Speaking of not teaching things kids have to unlearn later, I've often wondered why we don't just start teaching math with the expectation that you solve for "x".

i.e. Instead of

2 + 3 = 

Write

2 + 3 = x

This would prime the child to expect that math is about finding an unknown and you've already introduced the unknown that will be most prominent in their academic career. This will also reduce the steps necessary when teaching how to balance an equation as you no longer have the "well actually you were always solving for 'x' we just didn't write it, so you didn't know, also we're never going to use 'x' for multiplication again." stage.

But I'm not a teacher, parent, or child psychologist and this is just my blathering hypothesis based on watching my peers struggle with math for years.

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[–] Blubber28@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Fucking hell I feel validated rn, I had a similar experience at that age but it was in language/reading class. It's so frustrating to know that you are correct but you lack the terminology/ability to properly convey why you are right.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

The autistic experience summarized

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] LifeLemons@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

This happened to me in 6 grade and the teacher was like annoyed bruh when I confidently raised hand to give a more accurate answer. Maybe she thought I was showing off the way she reacted

School really does prepare you for real life sometimes, it seems ...

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