magnet
4334
Huh? Why is calculus required for a career in the arts?
Someone hasn’t been to Design School at NCSU. It took my best friend there 9 times to pass the Calc class he needed to graduate.
He now makes his living drawing catgirls.
Aceris
4336
My experience is that the sooner you learn the basic ideas and methods, even without a rigourous understanding of the principles, the easier it is to build the required intuition to tackle the concepts more thoroughly.
Given how powerful calculus is across a broad range of fields, it makes sense to teach it as soon as the student has the capability to understand the idea and apply the simplest methods.
I studied the basic manipulations of differentiation and integration in the equivalent of grade 10 in the US system, and we attempted a rough theoretical grounding in years 11 and 12 (with the focus remaining primarily on the applications rather than the proofs). That prepared me extremely well for learning calculus rigourously in the first year of undergrad, which then equipped me to study mathematical analysis properly (which is what I would understand by “the fundamentals that underpin it”) in the second year.
Timex
4337
This definitely fits here.
People who give birth are called mothers. There’s no reason to call them “birthing people”. This kind of thing is dumb.
It’s dumb, but her intentions were good. She deserves a pass on the comment.
What about non birth giving people that are most definitely mothers. I have to honest, limiting this holiday to only people that gave birth is pretty limiting.
magnet
4340
Yes, this is dumb. Women who adopt instead of giving birth are also called mothers.
Timex
4341
Yeah, that makes her statement even dumber.
The reality is, there is no way in which her statement could be taken as anything other than idiotic.
I mentioned this to a friend:
Him: “What about men who give birth??”
Me: “Those are called ‘fathers.’”
Seahorses are a great example of that.
magnet
4344
Yeah, that’s what makes this so dumb. By implying we should celebrate trans-men on Mother’s Day, you are excluding them from celebrations of men on Father’s Day.
And no, children should not be expected to celebrate the same parent twice a year. They’re like, busy, ok???
My impression of Cori Bush is that if she was shown these things, she’d reevaluate. She seems more like the AOC/Ayanna Pressley -thoughtful type than the Omar-style bombthrower.
My fellow Redwood HS grad friend (well, acquaintance, haven’t spoken since HS) gets burned!
Menzo
4348
I honestly can’t tell if this is satire. And if it’s not, does she really think someone in the southern hemisphere would be offended by saying “this summer”? And what does it say about us as a species if there is someone who is offended by that?
Not satire, but it’s something I try to be mindful of with the South Americans I talk to on occasion.
Why? I get if you are saying something like, “this summer”, but otherwise why would anyone care?
I don’t think so much offended by, as inconvenienced or confused. And it really only matters if you know you’re talking to people across hemispheres. Explaining yet again that, no, you’re not going to the beach this weekend seems like it might be a microaggression kinda thing.
Sharpe
4352
That lady worrying about that particular use of language seems a bit much to me but posters here worrying about that particular lady’s deal also seems a bit much to me.
It’s small potatoes all the way down IMO.
jostly
4353
Inclusive language isn’t about not offending people. It’s about including them.
Presumably, if you communicate with people, you want them to receive what you intended to convey. Inclusive language helps with that.
Matt_W
4354
It comes up in conversations I have with my Australian colleagues more as fun banter than anyone getting offended. But I think one that does kind of annoy them is the assumption that Christmas is in the winter. For them, Christmas is time to go to the beach.
