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sinkingfeeling

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

Reply to Rubyshoo (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2024, 01:25 PM

Aug 2024

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.

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Learning integers is indeed the first steps towards Satanism which everybody knows is Algebra. n/t Yavin4 Aug 2024 #1

*Algebra* contains the word "bra". It's perverted Commie Muslin voodoo that MUST BE BANNED FROM SCHOOLS! BamaRefugee Aug 2024 #5

Worse yet, those ARABS invented and named it... sir pball Aug 2024 #12

I KNEW it had to be Muslin!!! BamaRefugee Aug 2024 #17

the ancient Babylonians were using algebraic equations thousands of years before there were any Muslims Celerity Aug 2024 #42

We only teach Christian math in this here USA. n/t Yavin4 Aug 2024 #22

examples IzzaNuDay Aug 2024 #44

The origins of algebra can be traced to the ancient Babylonians Celerity Aug 2024 #41

I always felt that way. BonnieJW Aug 2024 #35

This is from The Onion, yes??? PLEASE tell me this is from The Onion. niyad Aug 2024 #2

Political satire died years ago. Yavin4 Aug 2024 #23

This is completely fucking sickening. Initech Aug 2024 #3

Of course, arithmetic is communist Walleye Aug 2024 #4

Once again: those evil Arabic numerals. cbabe Aug 2024 #6

Al Gebra jojog Aug 2024 #14

Al Gore invented algebra also! madinmaryland Aug 2024 #49

Al-Gore-ithms are name after him, cause he invented them. GOP, hates to have his name honored. nt DontBelieveEastisEas Aug 2024 #54

Inequalities?! What is this communist propaganda! unblock Aug 2024 #7

and rational numbers PedroXimenez Aug 2024 #15

Home schooling may not require such things. Just a full color cartoon Bible. Arne Aug 2024 #8

Didn't you know imaginary numbers are proof of God? pat_k Aug 2024 #9

And irrational numbers WestMichRad Aug 2024 #28

An asterisk will indicate a unit of study MagickMuffin Aug 2024 #10

Whoever came up with this brilliant idea probably failed arithmetic. LoisB Aug 2024 #11

We can't have anything rational central scrutinizer Aug 2024 #13

Gee, here I thought enrolling your kid in school granted the teachers approval to teach. sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #16

Don't forget to outlaw baseball too! GreenWave Aug 2024 #18

My favorite chemist! WestMichRad Aug 2024 #30

Fox News would tell MAGA to outlaw breathing if they thought the air was "woke". Initech Aug 2024 #55

Don't forget to outlaw baseball too! GreenWave Aug 2024 #19

I suspect this is "AI strikes again" ScratchCat Aug 2024 #20

Measure Figures is not sexually explicit? lame54 Aug 2024 #21

I hope a few parents check off some of those topics, at random, just to see how it gets dealt with in class. TheRickles Aug 2024 #24

Sickening. As Coach Walz said, these MAGATs are so WEIRD to require parents' signatures to teach kids math. iluvtennis Aug 2024 #25

Christian Fascists seriously don't want anyone being able to do math. lindysalsagal Aug 2024 #26

Logic is verboten under the new Reich JoseBalow Aug 2024 #29

utter madness-- the road to idiocracy LymphocyteLover Aug 2024 #27

Dunno. The one about ratios and reasoning. No maggot patriot would ever be bothered with reasoning. 3Hotdogs Aug 2024 #31

I taught in that district so here's the deal QED Aug 2024 #32

So this insanity is for real? niyad Aug 2024 #46

Yep QED Aug 2024 #51

soon, children from other countries will not only be better educated but they will know more about the US ecstatic Aug 2024 #33

Good god FullySupportDems Aug 2024 #34

Just require students to be able to count to ten. rubbersole Aug 2024 #36

What's an integer? Kaleva Aug 2024 #37

a whole number and not a fraction Celerity Aug 2024 #39

Thanks! Kaleva Aug 2024 #45

maths are for lefties!!! Celerity Aug 2024 #38

You have got to be kidding me Jilly_in_VA Aug 2024 #40

This is insane. CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #43

The radical right is an existential threat to America. CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #47

Today integers, tomorrow it;s INTEGRATION and critical race theory and we all know where it leads Warpy Aug 2024 #48

It leads to calculus! EGADS!! madinmaryland Aug 2024 #50

Just say NO to fractions! Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #52

since math is hard, i guess math is political. pansypoo53219 Aug 2024 #53

well..if a parent believes the world is flat, might not want their kid seeing the earth used to represent a 3D figure. BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 #56

They want us dumb. Dumb people vote Republican. Dumb people make it required that H1B visas are issued. mucholderthandirt Aug 2024 #57