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1. 0x50fb4e8c (x50fb4e8c@baraag.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:09:07 JST 0x50fb4e8c

   • Aaron Hoyland

   @aaronhoyland
   > Reading about this new “Save the Children” convoy and found this gem. This is why we need to stay vigilant, parents. These woke leftist freedom-hating antipatriots are trying to teach our kids MATH. 😤
   https://twitter.com/aaronhoyland/status/1688272692431196160

   • Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:09:06 JST Anime Wong

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     • mist
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     • MercurialBlack
     @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @x50fb4e8c @ai @MercurialBlack When you hear about students like Lev Landau who taught themselves calculus while barely 10 years old, I think a big part of "well educated" people is being an autodidact.
     
     A lot of people (myself included at one time) think that a good education comes from teachers who are very well versed in their field and are able to communicate it well to others. Basically it assumes that people coming into it are not well educated and need to be taught. The reality is that teachers need to be well educated so that people who've basically taught themselves can use the expertise of their teachers, like someone would use a book.
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   • 0x50fb4e8c (x50fb4e8c@baraag.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:09:07 JST 0x50fb4e8c

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     • mist
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     • MercurialBlack

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     @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @ai

   • CEO of Monoeye Dating (ceo_of_monoeye_dating@bae.st)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Aug-2023 07:09:07 JST CEO of Monoeye Dating

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     • mist
     • MercurialBlack
     @x50fb4e8c @MercurialBlack @ai It's actually a good question: what does a "good" math education look like?
     
     I personally was a studious and nerdy kid, so my early math education was actually largely from outside the system (I actually had the equivalent of a college-level combinatorics course memorized before high school). However, this style of education is unlikely to be replicable.