• pedantichedgehog@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    1 day ago

    I was the opposite. Math was, if not easy, then simple. Every math problem has a specific set of steps you take to solve it, and a single objective answer. Unlike literature, there’s no room for differing opinions or interpretation. It meshed very nicely with my black-and-white worldview.

    • calculuschild@lemmy.zip
      1·
      24 minutes ago

      Same here. Math was the one place I felt like things made sense. The subjectivity of arts and literature drove me crazy.

  • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 days ago

    When Common Core math came out and people were up in arms against it, I wanted to know what the big deal was. I researched it, read that it makes mental math easier, and deciding to learn/practice it myself.

    I understand the parents who struggled to help kids with their homework, since they weren’t taught the same way and if you’re just thrown into it, it’s hard to figure out. Though how it turned into this big hullabaloo was an extreme reaction. Mental math has become very easy for me since learning it, which makes me think many of us missed out on a method that could’ve helped us a lot.

    So, no, I don’t struggle with math. What I struggle with is the confidence to believe I’ve come to the right answer. I usually do math calculations more than once because I doubt myself. My first college mathematics professor gave me a reality check about it once, as he was getting frustrated that I wouldn’t put my hand up even though he knew I had figured out the answers. I can still see him standing there, going, “Come on, Whats_your_reasoning, I know you’ve got it. What’s the answer? Just say it!”

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
      7·
      2 days ago

      Common Core everything in general is pretty solid. You know how people like to complain about critical thinking not being taught in schools? Well CC English classes at the end of HS are all goals like finding textual evidence to support an opinion, or distinguishing between stated text and actual meaning (vis a vis satire, irony, etc).

      The real problem is underfunded schools not having the resources to address student needs, not the teaching aims themselves. Imagine if every classroom maxed out at 15 students, just for one simple thing we could do to start fixing shit.

      Here are CC standards for 11-12 grade reading and writing
      https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/
      https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/11-12/

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah I remember looking into it back when people were freaking out, and I realized that it was basically how I taught myself to do mental math like 30 years ago.

      Did they ultimately get rid of Common Core? Or did people finally just shut up about it?

      • nickiwest@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        Many states adopted their own standards instead of the Common Core, likely because of the political backlash. Most that I’ve seen are 90% CC with some state-specific requirements for things like history.

  • affiliate@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 days ago

    i have a masters degree in math but i still use a calculator anytime either of the numbers is 2 digits or more

  • eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I have studied so much goddamn math in my life…

    …and yet the hardest parts of being a trainer has been a) counting reps and b) subtracting 45 from a number and dividing it by 2.

    • Gust@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      That last one is easy. Given any x,

      (x - 45)/2 = lost gains. If you still fit through doors, put that plate back on

      The derivation is a bitch left as an exercise for the reader

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
    7·
    2 days ago

    Just because you’re not good with large logical operations doesn’t mean you’re dumb.

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago
    1000/44.94
= 22.25189141076991544281

22*44.94
= 988.68

100000/44.94
= 2225.18914107699154428126

2225*44.94
= 99991.5

16*3.33
= 53.28

39-11
= 28

    There. I don’t think I have anything to be particularly embarrassed about. Well, except maybe that last one.

  • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    Yes. It’s gotten worse with age too. Just another wonderful “perk” of aging hardware running ASD.exe

    The big thing that freaked me out / made me worry about early onset dementia was the dropping of words when speaking or typing, forgetting names and reduction in motor coordination.

    Having studied martial arts for 30+yrs, it was quite the mind trip when I suddenly started getting confused about left vs right … but could still do some incredibly intricate manouvers.

    Apparently declining androgens worsen ASD. I have some research bookmarked that confirms all of these symptoms.

    TL;DR: yeah - me too.

  • mickus@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 days ago

    I struggle with arithmetic. Generally i do think this is a case of just not using it, thanks to calculators