@Coyote
I don't think any of the three statements are true.
For sure I can tell you the first two are not.
@rastinza
Actually. Now that I've reflected on it, I think all 3 are true, consider, SYMBOLICALLY.
I'm sure China is teaching math by 3rd grade, not those specific equations, but at least they ARE teaching math.
I'm sure India is teaching about science in 3rd grade, probably touching on chemistry, atoms, molecules, what small things are, maybe not those structures specifically, but, teaching science.
And third one, dude, I wouldn't be shocked if they were told to explain the meaning of any one of those symbols in our classrooms today. Honestly?
Actually. Now that I've reflected on it, I think all 3 are true, consider, SYMBOLICALLY.
I'm sure China is teaching math by 3rd grade, not those specific equations, but at least they ARE teaching math.
I'm sure India is teaching about science in 3rd grade, probably touching on chemistry, atoms, molecules, what small things are, maybe not those structures specifically, but, teaching science.
And third one, dude, I wouldn't be shocked if they were told to explain the meaning of any one of those symbols in our classrooms today. Honestly?
@Coyote
Do you really not study maths in third grade in America?
Hey I'm not saying American schools are good; we always make fun of Americans because you have difficulties understanding the most basic concepts and you have no real broad culture.
Still, I thought you knew maths.
@rastinza
"Hey I'm not saying American schools are good; we always make fun of Americans because you have difficulties understanding the most basic concepts and you have no real broad culture."
Agree on your first part (see image).
Disagree on second part, the US chief export is still culture. Have you heard of Disneyland? Hollywood? MGM? Warner Brothers? CNN? I will assure you, culture is the one thing we have dominated (sadly, and wrongly) for many, many decades. If you asked people around the world, "name 3 famous people" from as many countries as you can, I'm pretty sure the US would be one of the easiest countries to answer about, no matter where you live in the world.
"Hey I'm not saying American schools are good; we always make fun of Americans because you have difficulties understanding the most basic concepts and you have no real broad culture."
Agree on your first part (see image).
Disagree on second part, the US chief export is still culture. Have you heard of Disneyland? Hollywood? MGM? Warner Brothers? CNN? I will assure you, culture is the one thing we have dominated (sadly, and wrongly) for many, many decades. If you asked people around the world, "name 3 famous people" from as many countries as you can, I'm pretty sure the US would be one of the easiest countries to answer about, no matter where you live in the world.
@jeffcliff @rastinza That is part of it, yes, agreed, the "science is just a theory" idiots that don't comprehend "strength" of theories. However, they are a fringe "right" minority, but somehow the pendulum swung to far to the left extremist groups with CRT and transsexualism being taught instead, which I don't believe the majority of the left really supports either.
Thomas Kuhn, the taxonomic structure of scientific kind terms? Yes, very much, language devolved a bit, and detached logic and math and a clear intersect and how to teach that we can find some fundamental truths, collectively, very quickly, if we could ever learn how to teach math and logic better, and... then we went the total opposite direction, and now we got this shit show we live in.
Thought you meant Kahn for a minute... Because, meritocracy was a relevant topic here as well.