Let’s look at this another way, a way that we might gain common ground on: by phrasing word problems like finding the average of something in the context of thi

Let’s look at this another way, a way that we might gain common ground on: by phrasing word problems like finding the average of something in the context of things that affect daily life like the salaries of women soccer players it might inspire a child or learner to want to learn more, research more, and by extension practice or learn more math. Making math interesting is one way to help kids better themselves in it. I think we can both get behind that. Now where we will differ is the text of these word problems but what if we had equal parts “woke”/non-“woke” text? Would that be a good enough compromise?