"Woke"-ness, political correctness, sexism and sheer plain daftness are all evident in this one-liner:
“When Black female students are repeatedly disciplined for being social, loud, or goofy in the mathematics classroom, they experience mathematical violence.”
"Mathematical violence"??? What on earth is that? Perhaps it's a variation on the ancient Roman custom of decimation, where one legionary out of every ten was put to death to punish severe misconduct? There's certainly mathematics involved in that, and violence too (very much so) . . . but I haven't yet come across any school, college or university advocating the execution of one in ten students for "being social, loud or goofy". Perhaps someone should try that, on the grounds of being mathematically - albeit not politically - correct?
The toenail-curling stupidity and mindless blathering of the "woke" are still with us, it seems . . .
Peter
WTH??? What are the instructors supposed to do, let them go on???
ReplyDeleteOf course they are because of slavery and all that shitz.
DeleteThose students experience mathematical violence when they take their shoes off, and still cannot do the math.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, it's mathematical corporal punishment, because "Da mafz be kickin' yo azz!"
ReplyDeleteSoooo, chimping out is socially, politically correct? Checking, because this will count towards my mandated Continuing Education in Female Ethnic Studies. Thank you for your time and attention in this Sensitive Matter.
ReplyDeleteYours Truly, Toxic White Tree Mike...also, will this enhance my Lists status?
Do I take it that what they mean by 'social, loud, or goofy' is being disruptive?
ReplyDeleteUndoubtedly. And probably that's being generous, given the way the barbarian horde usually behaves.
DeleteThe mathematical violence they suffer from includes problems that multiply, and that their self control is but a fraction of what it should be.
ReplyDeleteMy Bachelors is in mathematics. Mathematical violence is statistics or Number Theory. I also felt like I got hit over the head repeatedly in history of math. At that time, taught by the chairman of the department. I thought it would be a cake course, turned into one of my harder courses. Our ancestors were quite brilliant.
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ReplyDeletePeople recoil in horror from the concept of eugenics...but it really is the only effective solution to societal insanity like "woke".
Fight racial discrimination! Fight the woke!
ReplyDeleteThey use "race" and "culture" interchangeably, depending on which helps their argument. If the girls are being rude and disruptive, it's culture. You can and should change bad culture. To fall back on racial protection to justify obnoxiousness just hurts those girls in the long run.
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of "math" is that it is one thing that is absolutely indifferent to your race, color, creed, or gender. One plus One always and forever will equal Two, no matter one's pronouns, orientation, heritage, or melanin concentration.
ReplyDeleteThe problem isn't one plus one. The problem is, if you don't come up with 5, when adding 4+4= , you're going to "learn" the "proper" answer.
DeleteI suffered intellectual trauma when I took integral calculus but you didn't hear me complain.
ReplyDeleteScratch a progressive, find a racist.
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