And by gaslighting the kids, they’re teaching them not to trust their own ability to reason, crushing their critical thinking skills. It sets them up to submit to authoritarianism and go along with obvious lies instead of trusting their own senses and questioning authority.
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Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoAgree, this question is such hot shit that I can’t imagine it popping up in any real world maths test
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TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The question is good, how given one smaller and one larger fraction could the person eating a smaller percent still have eaten more total pizza. That’s a fun brain puzzle.
The problem is the teacher.