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[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 85 points 1 week ago (8 children)

That's just bad teaching. If you're not allowed to use negatives then the teacher shouldn't be asking questions where negatives are the answer. 20-25 is NOT equal to zero whether you've learnt negatives or not.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 32 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's just a greentext. It's fake.

Also gay.

Mostly it's a fetishization of being the minderstood smart kid with scenarios that aren't true but feel true.

Pretty fake. Pretty gay.

I don't really like the slur I've been using here, but authenticity requires it. Oi moi.

[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I went to a lot of different primary schools (UK here, that's up-to-11-years-old) and there absolutely were ones where this happened. There were also good ones.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

Well that's just upsetting. What's the point of even asking trick questions like that if you're just gonna provide an inaccurate answer? Like, it's absolutely terrible teaching. If you're not comfortable teaching the concept of negative numbers just... don't ask questions where the answers are negative? Completely batshit

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