257m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is the worst advice you've ever heard?message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down15
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the worst advice you've ever heard?257m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareVaggumon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59arrow-down5·1 year ago“You need to know how to do this, you won’t always have a calculator on you.”
minus-squareDandroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoOnly bad teachers have ever said that. But I doubt they do now that everyone has a calculator on their phone.
minus-squareaaaantoine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI’ve heard the “won’t always have a calculator” line, but more impressive was the one time our math teacher demonstrated the ability to solve the problem on the blackboard faster than we could whip out our calculators and punch in the numbers. She showed her work, too.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoFrom family members now in elementary/middle school, yeah they still do. Or they use brain training as an excuse.
minus-squaredamnYouSun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI think the problem is it’s taught in a really bad way. I remember having to do all sorts of trigonometry stuff, but I don’t think anybody ever explained why this would be useful.
“You need to know how to do this, you won’t always have a calculator on you.”
I wonder if they still say that.
Only bad teachers have ever said that. But I doubt they do now that everyone has a calculator on their phone.
I’ve heard the “won’t always have a calculator” line, but more impressive was the one time our math teacher demonstrated the ability to solve the problem on the blackboard faster than we could whip out our calculators and punch in the numbers.
She showed her work, too.
From family members now in elementary/middle school, yeah they still do. Or they use brain training as an excuse.
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I think the problem is it’s taught in a really bad way.
I remember having to do all sorts of trigonometry stuff, but I don’t think anybody ever explained why this would be useful.