"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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>> "The 9th Witch" <appalachian_witch at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > John Knight <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
> > news:1pX%8.20301$Fq6.2424647 at news2.west.cox.net...> > >
> > > It IS a race and "gender" problem, all the way. Our teachers couldn't
> > teach
> > > calculus even if they wanted to, because they can't possibly
understand
> > > calculus. The reason they can't understand it is that they're almost
> > > exclusively women, sprinkled about with some intentionally dumbed down
> > men.
> > > Sociology majors are the only students who score lower than education
> > majors
> > > in IAEP, ACT, SAT, and GRE.
> > >
> >
> > Bullshit.
>> Not only are they incapable of teaching calculus, the girls on this forum
> demonstrated that they don't even understand why it should be taught, so
> what do you believe is "bullshi."?
I recall saying that it wasn't as important as higher level algebra.
If you also recall, I mentioned that calculus should be taught in elementary
school.
I just don't think that tensors and partial differential equations are of a
great deal of importance for everyone.
> > > To permit children to hang around with idiots who don't even
understand
> as
> > > much about the world as the children themselves is the worst form of
> child
> > > abuse.
> > > http://christianparty.net/correctmathd.gif> > >
> >
> > And there you cross the line. You should be committed before you come
down
> > out of that Montana Cabin and blow something else up.
>> Can you think of anything that a teacher with a 420 in SAT Math can teach
a
> student with a 680?
Many things, as long as they don't involve math.
> This is the difference between education and
> engineering majors, you know? They're at completely opposite ends of the
> intellectual spectrum, and if you don't think that letting dumbbells like
> this hang around with intelligent children isn't child abuse, then what
IS?
I agree that people without math, physics or engineering majors (or minors I
suppose) shouldn't be teaching math. I'm fairly certain you need a minor or
major in mathematics to teach it at the high school level in Canada. Of
course I'm pretty sure the same requirements apply to all disciplines.
As far as I know, you can't even major in education here.
