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Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by stale2002 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @09:00PM (#36780977)
> The reason this report proposes to replace algebra

Ok, so it is replacing stuff! Not sure why you had to go through so many posts to just admit that.

And people have a problem with what is being replaced.

If you wanted to say that support the replacement of algebra, you should have just said that from the beginning instead of doing this whole rigmarole.

But other people very much do not want this option taken away from them and step one to talking about this is at least admitting that, yes, algebra is being replaced.

Re:Refusing to teach kids math will not improve equity by cauch on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @02:15AM (#36782689)
> But other people very much do not want this option taken away from them and step one to talking about this is at least admitting that, yes, algebra is being replaced.

Of course algebra is being replaced, where do I say anything different.

I guess my mistake is assuming my interlocutors are not idiots and want to debate the reason of the replacement rather than just staying on "I like Algebra so I'm crying like a baby".

> And people have a problem with what is being replaced.

This is what I don't understand. They don't have any arguments to support the fact that the replacement is not bringing more supported "pro" than "con".

I personally like Algebra, and I would have loved it to stay. The same way I like the convenience of fastfood. But when a study shows that for the same price, they can replace a fastfood menu to a better menu in a school, the normal thing to do is to weight the pros and cons, not just cry because I prefer fastfood.

It is interesting to see that some people who present themselves as on the side of reason will act so irrationally to oppose some proposal without caring of the pros and cons, just because it feels negative in their feelings.