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Inflammatory? Nobody forced them to answer "no" even if they ignorantly didn't know that numeric digits are called Arabic numerals. You cannot argue in good f
by FullyFunctional 7y ago
Inflammatory? Nobody forced them to answer "no" even if they ignorantly didn't know that numeric digits are called Arabic numerals. You cannot argue in good faith that the pool didn't expose intolerance.
I can't see any argument for denying the teaching of anything outside of falsehoods. Teaching is supposed to be about learning something new, typically outside your comfort zone.
- linuxftw 7y agoWhat you seem to be missing is the average person does not call them "Arabic numerals." Additionally, it's 100% valid to call numbers written in Arabic characters "Arabic numerals." We can't draw any conclusion from this survey, but despite this, the author decides to make all sorts of inferences. Because this survey appears to be entirely useless on the face of it, I think it was designed especially for some sort of confirmation-bias rather than testing an actual hypothesis. Show me the corresponding survey for "Japanese Numerals" and then we can have an actual discussion. While you're at it, show me the survey for non-Americans asked the same question.
- FullyFunctional 7y agoIn my primary education we (me and my other average students) were taught that they are "Arbic numberals". But you are insisting on ignoring the point entirely. Had the question been about "Japanese Numerals" the answer should still have been "YES!"
- linuxftw 7y agoFor what? There's no utility for learning Japanese characters for most Americans. I can come up with a very long list of things people should know how to read before I get to foreign-language character sets.