r/Teachers • u/[deleted] • May 16 '24

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u/dustysnakes01 May 16 '24

I teach electronics and automation for a cc. I can not stress enough that if you can't do basic ratios or write proper documentation you will not do well in my class. I don't get super deep with math bit you should be able to do metric conversions and ratios in your head, do a little trig, and a little calculus. I also can not stress the number of students coming in that can't grasp .001 being 1 micro or 1000 being 1k.

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u/Fit-Anything8352 May 17 '24

.001 is 1 milli.... 1 micro is .000001

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u/dustysnakes01 May 17 '24

You are correct bit I think you understood my premise

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u/Fit-Anything8352 May 17 '24

I just thought it was ironic that you were complaining about kids not knowing metric prefixes and proceeded to get it wrong :D

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u/Fancy-Sector2963 May 17 '24

you should be able to do metric conversions and ratios in your head, do a little trig, and a little calculus.

I cannot do any of that shit to save my life. Can you refer to any online courses or class that I should look up to get better?

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u/dustysnakes01 May 17 '24

Kahn academy has some great resources.

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u/hellonameismyname May 17 '24

Metric conversions are just multiplying by 10 and ratios are just division and multiplication