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SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

remember FOIL?

A lot of adults don’t, then proceed to argue about order of operations, having forgotten that Brackets have to be all expanded out before doing anything else at all.

We don’t learn that math because it’s practical for adult life

Yes we do. I use Maths every day, quite separate to the fact I teach it.

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petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

We don’t learn that math because it [isn’t] practical for adult life

I love this argument because it’s like a guy who catches and eats raw fish saying that we don’t need fire. Like, man, you’re not even trying to use it, though.

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- SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I love this argument because it’s like a guy who catches and eats raw fish saying that we don’t need fire
  
  and in fact had forgotten all about the fact that he cooked it over a fire as a treat for last Christmas 😂
  
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