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FWIW I agree, but to add a counter point ... Jargon emerges and evolves because it serves a real need. Short names make things easy to refer to, and hence eas
by RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
FWIW I agree, but to add a counter point ...
Jargon emerges and evolves because it serves a real need. Short names make things easy to refer to, and hence easy to discuss. Once the definitions are made clear, often with just a simple example or two, the terminology makes things easier, not harder.
Until you do that, it makes things worse, which is your point.
- pohl 16y agoI was unaware of this new jargon until today. I welcome one of them in particular, the "number bond", because it draws specific attention to something valuable that I was never able to transmit to my teenagers. They have always believed that understanding the concepts is the sole goal of education, but I have always maintained that building a large base of instantaneous recall, through practice, also has enormous value. "Number bond" explicitly addresses that.