Math is just too rich and fabulous for their little brains. We lie to them to protect them...from, among other things, an early fascination with the impossible as rendered by formal systems.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2007 3:23:37 pm PST #2805 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Theodosia - Jan 14, 2007 3:23:41 pm PST #2806 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The Science of Discworld authors label that kind of math teaching "lies for children", because you have to dumb knowledge down into more-easily digested chunks until the facts as presented are pretty inaccurate. If you are smart, you leave enough wiggle room that when you come back to it later, you can expand on what you said in previous grades without too much backtracking.
Amy - Jan 14, 2007 3:27:16 pm PST #2807 of 10001
Because books.
24: For someone who didn't watch last season, can anyone tell me if Chloe's boyfriend is on the up and up? Because he's coming across as a total user bad guy to me.
ION, Keifer's voice! I have missed it.
EpicTangent - Jan 14, 2007 3:29:07 pm PST #2808 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
For those who are curious, the Pats pulled it out in the last few minutes.
Drat.
Liese S. - Jan 14, 2007 3:31:23 pm PST #2809 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
So we're going to the dome. But then, we have to play the Pats.
JenP - Jan 14, 2007 3:35:39 pm PST #2810 of 10001
AmyLiz, re: 24, if memory serves, he's not a bad guy. You know, yet, or whatever. You know how it goes. He was her ex, and I guess he's no longer an ex, and she called him in to help with something last year. Looks like he stuck .
Amy - Jan 14, 2007 3:37:28 pm PST #2811 of 10001
Because books.
Thanks, JenP! It was the "You're a hottie" remark that rang false.
Who knows if I'll make it through this season, but the promos definitely sucked me in at least for the premiere.
Emily - Jan 14, 2007 3:40:09 pm PST #2812 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
If you are smart, you leave enough wiggle room that when you come back to it later, you can expand on what you said in previous grades without too much backtracking.
This is what I'm saying! You don't have to say, "negative numbers have square roots called imaginary numbers which work like this but never mind that now," but you also don't have to say, "negative numbers have absolutely no square roots no way never nohow and anybody who tells you different is lying!" so that three years later their Algebra II teacher can say, "Well, actually..." This is the kind of thing that results in my asking them to do 2 divided by 8 and their coming up with 4!
Lee - Jan 14, 2007 3:43:04 pm PST #2813 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I have no tookies, and I don't watch 24, but I do have a mini lemon cake for later.
Yum.
quester - Jan 14, 2007 3:53:30 pm PST #2814 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
24: Holy Crap! Jack just went vampire on one of his captors!