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[Rubyshoo]

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[Yavin4]

1. Learning integers is indeed the first steps towards Satanism which everybody knows is Algebra. n/t

[BamaRefugee]

5. *Algebra* contains the word "bra". It's perverted Commie Muslin voodoo that MUST BE BANNED FROM SCHOOLS!

[sir pball]

12. Worse yet, those ARABS invented and named it...

Quoth the Wiki:

The word algebra comes from the Arabic term الجبر (al-jabr), which originally referred to the surgical treatment of bonesetting. In the 9th century, the term received a mathematical meaning when the Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi employed it to describe a method of solving equations and used it in the title of a treatise on algebra, al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah [The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing] which was translated into Latin as Liber Algebrae et Almucabola.

[BamaRefugee]

17. I KNEW it had to be Muslin!!!

[Celerity]

42. the ancient Babylonians were using algebraic equations thousands of years before there were any Muslims

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219363614#post41

[Yavin4]

22. We only teach Christian math in this here USA. n/t

[IzzaNuDay]

44. examples

go forth and multiply!

[Celerity]

41. The origins of algebra can be traced to the ancient Babylonians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_algebra#Babylon

The origins of algebra can be traced to the ancient Babylonians, who developed a positional number system that greatly aided them in solving their rhetorical algebraic equations. The Babylonians were not interested in exact solutions, but rather approximations, and so they would commonly use linear interpolation to approximate intermediate values. One of the most famous tablets is the Plimpton 322 tablet, created around 1900–1600 BC, which gives a table of Pythagorean triples and represents some of the most advanced mathematics prior to Greek mathematics.

Babylonian algebra was much more advanced than the Egyptian algebra of the time; whereas the Egyptians were mainly concerned with linear equations the Babylonians were more concerned with quadratic and cubic equations. The Babylonians had developed flexible algebraic operations with which they were able to add equals to equals and multiply both sides of an equation by like quantities so as to eliminate fractions and factors. They were familiar with many simple forms of factoring, three-term quadratic equations with positive roots and many cubic equations, although it is not known if they were able to reduce the general cubic equation.

[BonnieJW]

35. I always felt that way.

I was in hell every time I was in algebra class. But then, I had a learning disability...

[niyad]

2. This is from The Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is from The Onion.

[Yavin4]

23. Political satire died years ago.

Just cannot compete with reality.

[Initech]

3. This is completely fucking sickening.

I never thought in my lifetime we'd see this bullshit. But with the merging of the right wing with Fox News and the hardcore conspiracy theory wing, ugh. Fuck these assholes. If there is a hell, it waits for them.

[Walleye]

4. Of course, arithmetic is communist

[cbabe]

6. Once again: those evil Arabic numerals.

[jojog]

14. Al Gebra

[madinmaryland]

49. Al Gore invented algebra also!

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

54. Al-Gore-ithms are name after him, cause he invented them. GOP, hates to have his name honored. nt

[unblock]

7. Inequalities?! What is this communist propaganda!

Ratios and proportional reasoning??

Sounds like quotas and moral relativism!!

[PedroXimenez]

15. and rational numbers

sounds like anti-conservative bias.

[Arne]

8. Home schooling may not require such things. Just a full color cartoon Bible.

[pat_k]

9. Didn't you know imaginary numbers are proof of God?

And it wouldn't surprise me if that is made part of the mandated curriculum.

[WestMichRad]

28. And irrational numbers

… are proof of Satan, right?

[MagickMuffin]

10. An asterisk will indicate a unit of study

Containing sexually explicit materials per legislative definitions.


So, it appears that the legislators get to define what is considered sexually explicit material. Boy oh boy, that takes all the fun out of dictionaries!

[LoisB]

11. Whoever came up with this brilliant idea probably failed arithmetic.

[central scrutinizer]

13. We can't have anything rational

Everything is irrational in MAGA world

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Gee, here I thought enrolling your kid in school granted the teachers approval to teach.

P.S. I was shocked when my 8th. grader and I moved to Tucson in 1983 and I had to buy his textbooks for public school.

[GreenWave]

18. Don't forget to outlaw baseball too!

Al Kaline!

qed

[WestMichRad]

30. My favorite chemist!

[Initech]

55. Fox News would tell MAGA to outlaw breathing if they thought the air was "woke".

[GreenWave]

19. Don't forget to outlaw baseball too!

Al Kaline!

qed

[ScratchCat]

20. I suspect this is "AI strikes again"

The likelihood that an AI program "flagged" this course because of the word "inequalities" or some other stupidity is pretty high.

[lame54]

21. Measure Figures is not sexually explicit?

[TheRickles]

24. I hope a few parents check off some of those topics, at random, just to see how it gets dealt with in class.

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[iluvtennis]

25. Sickening. As Coach Walz said, these MAGATs are so WEIRD to require parents' signatures to teach kids math.

[lindysalsagal]

26. Christian Fascists seriously don't want anyone being able to do math.

It might start them thinking.

[JoseBalow]

29. Logic is verboten under the new Reich

[LymphocyteLover]

27. utter madness-- the road to idiocracy

[3Hotdogs]

31. Dunno. The one about ratios and reasoning. No maggot patriot would ever be bothered with reasoning.

Maybe go back and uncheck that one.

[QED]

32. I taught in that district so here's the deal

We were required to have standardized syllabuses for our classes listing topics to be studied as you can see in the example in the OP. The district provided a template that we filled in for our subject. For math and science, it wasn't a big deal and took me about 5 minutes to complete for each subject I taught. But for languages and social studies, quite a different issue - potentially.

Syllabuses for English listed all of the novels etc. that would be studied with the columns to approve or disapprove as shown in the OP. The one I saw looked extensive and I was glad that wasn't my discipline!

Yeah, it was a pain since we all had our own that dealt with classroom policies, grading, etc. The standardized syllabuses were just to head off complaints of CRT.

[niyad]

46. So this insanity is for real?

[QED]

51. Yep

Just one more task to complete. Luckily for me, most students returned these promptly so I didn't have to chase them down to get the forms back.

[ecstatic]

33. soon, children from other countries will not only be better educated but they will know more about the US

than American students. Great job, rethugs! Why would you want Americans to look and feel stupid?

[FullySupportDems]

34. Good god

It's like they're giving parents a chance to opt their kids out of learning anything in school. No standards. No learning? No problem! Bringing bad homeschooling into public schools. Just wow. Those poor kids!

[rubbersole]

36. Just require students to be able to count to ten.

Gotta get them commandments covered. Otherwise, the real Moses will be pissed.

[Kaleva]

37. What's an integer?

I'm 65. Is this something I should know or , given my age, can I just ignore it?

I suspect it's a fancy pants name for a number

[Celerity]

39. a whole number and not a fraction

[Kaleva]

45. Thanks!

I could have googled it!

[Celerity]

38. maths are for lefties!!!

[Jilly_in_VA]

40. You have got to be kidding me

Is this because *gasp* Arabic numerals are involved?

[CaptainTruth]

43. This is insane.

F**k the GOP.

[CaptainTruth]

47. The radical right is an existential threat to America.

[Warpy]

48. Today integers, tomorrow it;s INTEGRATION and critical race theory and we all know where it leads

Our precious little white snowflakes might someday have to treat people with darker skin or differently shaped eyes like fellow human beings. That's just not right!

I'll bet you all my stylish clothing (ha!) that's what some fucking moron on the school board was thinking.

[madinmaryland]

50. It leads to calculus! EGADS!!

[Clouds Passing]

52. Just say NO to fractions!

[pansypoo53219]

53. since math is hard, i guess math is political.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

56. well..if a parent believes the world is flat, might not want their kid seeing the earth used to represent a 3D figure.

[mucholderthandirt]

57. They want us dumb. Dumb people vote Republican. Dumb people make it required that H1B visas are issued.