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I have to laugh at how much play this got at Stack Exchange and here. This is simple, scare quotes are unnecessary. The teacher made a mistake. They're not perf
by driverdan 14y ago
I have to laugh at how much play this got at Stack Exchange and here. This is simple, scare quotes are unnecessary. The teacher made a mistake. They're not perfect, they make mistakes just like the rest of us. End of story.
- jules 14y agoIt's called bikeshedding. The more trivial the problem, the larger the population able to discuss it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_law_of_triviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_law_of_triviality
- jdiez17 14y agoIt's quite scary though, at least to me. From the scribbles the teacher made, it looks like they are being taught to deal with fractions in the most mechanical way possible.
- jdiez17 14y agoIt's quite scary though, at least to me. From the scribbles the teacher made, it looks like they are being taught to deal with fractions in the most mechanical way possible.