Re:For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the ...
by NoMoreNicksLeft on Sunday August 27, 2023 @11:43PM
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> Aleph is not the symbol for Graham's number, rather it is the symbol for Cantor's orders of infinity.
So? We weren't doing math theory. Foreign language instead. He's allowed to entertain himself after his lessons are done, and he'll be familiar with that stuff when he does get there.
> Also, if he had a good teacher,
Sure. If he had one. The implication that there's any such teacher in public schools within 100 miles of us is absurd.
I, too, learned about Graham's number when the YouTube algorithm decided that I liked math videos.
The issue with learning like this, though, is that it's called "edutainment," and, while it scratches the same itch in our brains as learning, rarely actually produces learnings.
Ask him in a week what he remembers about Graham's number. I'd be impressed if he recalled much.
Also, if he had a good teacher, that teacher would have been able to push back when he was mixing up concepts. Aleph is not the symbol for Graham's number, rather it is the symbol for Cantor's orders of infinity.