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Feline Supremacist said:
Real world examples are important though. Take physics, for example. It is the the foundation of our world. If you can explain to a child why a feather and a coin that weigh the same but fall at a different rate you can explain acceleration, show them the mathematical formula and segue into relativity. Mathematics and physics are inextricably linked.

I had a professor in university who basically did this
(and a lot of other similar demonstrations) in class. A good teacher should inspire their pupils to want to understand and know the subject he's/she's teaching. The teacher is almost always not and expert in the subject being taught but is able to explain in a manner the pupil can understand.

As for the Odyssey it's one of the oldest works of literature still being read and taught today. It's been referenced over and over again. If you haven't read it then how can one appreciate Joyce's Ulysses or watch O Brother Where Art Thou without realizing it's a modern retelling of the Odyssey? I guess they decided the future gardeners or housekeepers don't need to know these things. Sort of how the Deltas and Epsilons in A Brave New World didn't need their simple minds cluttered with fancy books and such.
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Hahahaha you can't be serious. Of course, you mongoloid, physical examples are important for physics, that's what the whole subject is about. However, what you linked to is pop sci nonsense that the average redditard would be into. Any non degenerate college student that's about to learn variational calculus does not need flashlights to serve as a motivation. Any student that would be motivated by these examples has probably never learned classical mechanics. Why waste time superficially learning general relativity when you could instead start teaching real physics?

Ignoring that whole aspect, math most definitely does not need physics (the reverse is obviously true of course). Mathematics is formed from general intuitive notions (which could arise from some real world scenario) and then abstracted and pushed beyond those notions. That's what actual mathematics is about. Ignoring that aspect, only giving out plug and chug formulas to memorize, and then spewing out contrived real world examples is inefficient and belies the true nature of the subject. Nobody will be motivated to learn about Pythagorean theorem when they hear they could use it to calculate the length of Sally's shadow in the sun. They will be motivated when they're pushed to understand the actual reason why it's true. That reason doesn't have much to do with applications to the real world.
 
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Bussyking7 said:
Hahahaha you can't be serious. Of course, you mongoloid, physical examples are important for physics, that's what the whole subject is about. However, what you linked to is pop sci nonsense that the average redditard would be into. Any non degenerate college student that's about to learn variational calculus does not need flashlights to serve as a motivation. Any student that would be motivated by these examples has probably never learned classical mechanics. Why waste time superficially learning general relativity when you could instead start teaching real physics?

Ignoring that whole aspect, math most definitely does not need physics (the reverse is obviously true of course). Mathematics is formed from general intuitive notions (which could arise from some real world scenario) and then abstracted and pushed beyond those notions. That's what actual mathematics is about. Ignoring that aspect, only giving out plug and chug formulas to memorize, and then spewing out contrived real world examples is inefficient and belies the true nature of the subject. Nobody will be motivated to learn about Pythagorean theorem when they hear they could use it to calculate the length of Sally's shadow in the sun. They will be motivated when they're pushed to understand the actual reason why it's true. That reason doesn't have much to do with applications to the real world.
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We had graduate physics students in our class you moron. I teamed up with one for a semester, he explained visual explanations went a long way to understanding and conceptualizing. Of course this is a university you aren't qualified to enroll in with your /pol/ levels of stupidity.

I'm talking about teaching children you ridiculous imbecile. Children are not interested in a Greek incel that came up with math theorems. Children still, as far as I am aware, do silly things like putting sticks up their nose, pretend they are Batman as they jump from a fence and take their Barbies to lunch at McDonald's and speak to them as if dolls are sentient. They are not miniature adults and in no way should they be treated as such because that's how you get degenerates convincing an eight year old they're the opposite sex and demand their parents give them hormones so they can transition at twelve.
 
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Feline Supremacist said:
We had graduate physics students in our class you moron. I teamed up with one for a semester, he explained visual explanations went a long way to understanding and conceptualizing. Of course this is a university you aren't qualified to enroll in with your /pol/ levels of stupidity.

I'm talking about teaching children you ridiculous imbecile. Children are not interested in a Greek incel that came up with math theorems. Children still, as far as I am aware, do silly things like putting sticks up their nose, pretend they are Batman as they jump from a fence and take their Barbies to lunch at McDonald's and speak to them as if dolls are sentient. They are not miniature adults and in no way should they be treated as such because that's how you get degenerates convincing an eight year old they're the opposite sex and demand their parents give them hormones so they can transition at twelve.
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You're right, I'm not qualified to enroll in a degree mill college where graduate level physics students are taking intro level undergraduate level courses.

I get that you probably never finished the second grade, but you do realize that public schools teach students up to the age of eighteen?
 
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Bussyking7 said:
You're right, I'm not qualified to enroll in a degree mill college where graduate level physics students are taking intro level undergraduate level courses.

I get that you probably never finished the second grade, but you do realize that public schools teach students up to the age of eighteen?
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Hmm, you're right, why do the double slit experiment and its variations; no need, because according to you all one needs is "mathematics (which is) formed from general intuitive notions and pushed beyond those notions" to teach classical and quantum mechanics. Holy shit you are a huge retard that doesn't know anything about children.

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albert chan said:
What pasta do you think you’ll be eating come January 1st, 2021?

For me, I want to say angel hair spaghetti with the classic basil tomato sauce with chesse, while adding some eggplants in there.
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I’m going to have some ravioli. It’s fun to make and eat.
 
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Feline Supremacist said:
Hmm, you're right, why do the double slit experiment and its variations; no need, because according to you all one needs is "mathematics (which is) formed from general intuitive notions and pushed beyond those notions" to teach classical and quantum mechanics. Holy shit you are a huge retard that doesn't know anything about children.
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Lmao, are you really that illiterate? I suppose if you're unable to grasp the simple concept that math!=physics, you do need to be coddled and allowed to eat glue at the age of eighteen. If you unironically believe students would rather do 100 of the same math problems chink style and hear how it'll help them out when they're a plumber vs have the teacher actually explain the concept to them, I doubt you've ever taught a class in your life.
 
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Bussyking7 said:
Lmao, are you really that illiterate? I suppose if you're unable to grasp the simple concept that math!=physics, you do need to be coddled and allowed to eat glue at the age of eighteen. If you unironically believe students would rather do 100 of the same math problems chink style and hear how it'll help them out when they're a plumber vs have the teacher actually explain the concept to them, I doubt you've ever taught a class in your life.
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Dude, you absolutely fail at English comprehension. I did not post anything resembling your troll post; I did not claim to be a teacher not did I post about rote/drill instruction. I posted on methods to interest young children in the sciences. Children under the age of twelve absolutely need to have their particular personalities taken into account especially if you are a parent who is home schooling.

I have far better things to do like read, snort coke and do actual mathematical research.

Looks like your cocaine habit has destroyed a good chunk of your brain cells
 
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Feline Supremacist said:
Dude, you absolutely fail at English comprehension. I did not post anything resembling your troll post; I did not claim to be a teacher not did I post about rote/drill instruction. I posted on methods to interest young children in the sciences. Children under the age of twelve absolutely need to have their particular personalities taken into account especially if you are a parent who is home schooling.

I have far better things to do like read, snort coke and do actual mathematical research.

Looks like your cocaine habit has destroyed a good chunk of your brain cells
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I'm sorry sweaty that you're too much of a philistine to appreciate a good coke habit.

I know this is a bit tough for you, but try to keep up here. The sciences are not an all in one subject. I'm horrific at chemistry, but I'd like to imagine I'm decent at math. Both subjects have little in common with each other. My posts, which you clearly have acknowledged, are about math, not any other subject in the sciences. Perhaps, I know it's a little nuts, that while physical examples may be necessary for physics, they aren't for math? Maybe the source for those mathematical ideas came from some place else? Possibly, and I know this is a little shocking, homeschooling your children involves teaching them beyond simple arithmetic? That when you do so, they are most likely at a maturity level at which they would be able to understand concepts? That even perhaps they could enjoy learning concepts and ideas and not about how John the baker used trigonometry to cut a pie? I know, most students hate ideas and concepts. That's why courses that emphasise ideas such as English and History are reviled, but Math, in it's current incarnation, is universally beloved. That's also why countries that implement such teaching strategies such as Russia have such mathematically illiterate populaces.
 
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unironically having crab cakes with linguine while finding out DOOM passed a couple of months ago

best way to go out in 2020
 
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Nice Biden derangement syndrome, take it anywhere else this isn't the insurrection thread for you to shit up.
The only one simping here is you.
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Suck my dick.

Funny, the difference between this place and every other shit hole on the Internet is that fucktards like you are free to spew your idiotic garbage without getting censored. You're taking advantage of a policy that your people oppose literally everywhere else in order to get your way. Have fun with it you commie pinko piece of shit.
 
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