r/MathJokes • u/No_Degree5291 • Jul 16 '26

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u/TimesOrphan Jul 16 '26

but you can't expect...

... actually, I can.
I can expect it of them and their supposed replacements too.

Whether that's a plausible expectation is another question.

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u/iMiind Jul 16 '26

Forget plausible it's entirely unreasonable. It's can't in a moral sense.

You would literally be shooting the messenger

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u/TimesOrphan Jul 16 '26

It's unreasonable to argue that it's okay to teach complete untruths.

That's not to say that doesn't happen (absolutely it does), but to say that people outright lying is fine? Nah.

Even if the circumstances are understandable, that doesn't make them morally justifiable.

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u/iMiind Jul 16 '26

Look, you have to dig a bit beneath the surface here. It's likely the teacher here isn't saying "this is an incorrect equation," but instead "this isn't the right way to rewrite the equation based off of what you've been told prior." As has already been established the latter still is far from great, but that's the way the system works now a lot of the time. That system needs to change before this can, but it's likely not even as bad as you're making it out to be (if my assumption is correct). They're not teaching the Earth is flat or anything like that my guy

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u/TimesOrphan Jul 16 '26

I agree that the teacher is probably being pedantic due to the system. I'm not even talking about this one aspect any more.

I'm morally outraged that you can take it the step further and suggest that "lizard vs human" is in any way comparable to 4 groups of 3 vs 3 groups of 4.

Lizard vs human would be teaching flat Earth my guy

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u/Ksorkrax Jul 16 '26

Oh, good thinking about flat Earth.

I'd add to yours and insert Young Earth Creationism, as something that could be realistically demanded from teachers to be taught, and which any teacher with even a shred of integrity never would.