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Comment Re: won't be able to count genders (Score 3, Insightful) 250

No, you are conflating two different things intentionally

1. It is easy to assume that there are two Sexes, XX (Female) and XY (Male), but that is provably untrue because XXY and XYY sex chromosomes exist

2. Even when a fetus has XX or XY chromosomes, the presence of unusual levels of testosterone, can cause a XX chromosome fetus to develop Male features, like a penis or testicles, and the absence of testosterone can make a XY fetus develop to appear Female. Also, these can result in seemingly hermaphroditical babies showing evidence of both sexes.

These are two different concepts, which may occur separately, that make your whole word salad meaningless.

Beyond that, History shows us many variations of gender roles, with some cultures having Women in battle, and others with Men taking on traditional female roles.

THAT is why confusing SEX with GENDER is misleading and you are promoting lies when you insist they are the same thing.

Comment Re:It's over. (Score 2) 250

Pro-tip, if the homework assignment is to do the odd-numbered problems, then do the even ones as well since they will likely show up on the test

Each lesson plan is focused on a mathematical theorem or lemma (which is practical step of a theorem)

The whole purpose of the chapter is to teach the student the 'new trick' as you put it and most textbooks are trying to re-word the theorem into some easily understood statement (and failing btw), which is probably what you are seeing with the new textbooks

Good on you for participating in your kids education!

Comment Re:Would Pablo Escobar pass these tests? (Score 0) 250

Your response is so trite that I will let AI respond:

Pablo Escobar demonstrated significant, albeit illegal and ruthless, business acumen by building and managing one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in history. He applied core business principles to dominate the global cocaine trade, making his Medellín cartel responsible for an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the U.S. at its peak.

Key examples of his business acumen include:

Market Identification and Expansion: Escobar identified the immense profit potential of the U.S. market, where a kilo of cocaine could sell for exponentially more than in Colombia. He successfully expanded his operations internationally to service this demand.

Supply Chain Management: He gained control over the entire supply chain, from sourcing coca paste in Peru and Bolivia, processing it in Colombian labs, and finally to distribution in the U.S.. He moved from renting planes and pilots to owning jetliners and even building his own clandestine airports to control distribution routes through Mexico and the Caribbean.

Logistics and Innovation: Escobar and his associates revolutionized smuggling methods, using everything from planes to the first-ever semi-submersibles and even hiding cocaine in plastic products to evade authorities.

Strategic Alliances and Risk Management: He united various competitors under the Medellín Cartel, creating a dominant market force. He also understood and planned for risks, going so far as to negotiate the terms of his own incarceration in a self-built luxury prison, "La Catedral," to avoid extradition to the U.S..
Vertical Integration: By owning every aspect of his business, he was able to squeeze more profit from the product and minimize vulnerabilities in the supply chain, a strategy that is highly regarded in legitimate business as well.

Branding and Public Relations: He cultivated a "Robin Hood" image among the poor in Medellín by funding local housing projects, building sports fields, and giving away money. This generated significant local loyalty and protection from the community, effectively creating a powerful public relations machine that hindered law enforcement efforts.

Diversification: He laundered billions of dollars through over 400 legitimate companies, including real estate, soccer teams, and horse farms, diversifying his vast wealth.

While his criminal activities were brutal and caused immense suffering, the operational strategies and market dominance he achieved are often studied to illustrate various business principles

Comment Re:won't be able to count genders (Score 1, Troll) 250

SEX is (moderately) simple science, at least until you get into the weeds with DNA and the mutation of sex chromosomes (XXY, XYY)

Beyond that base programming, conditions in the womb, like an abundance or lack of testosterone, can result in the development of primary sexual characteristics that do not match their genetic 'sex'

GENDER is a term based on the resulting IDENTITY that the person takes based on the above conditions, and the environment they are exposed to while growing to adulthood

The SIMPLE fact, is that these cases exist and are relative rare, but the Conservative movement has been using them to scare their voters into idiocy with claims that Liberals are turning their boys into girls by simply recognizing reality and accommodating it.

Comment Re:The talented ones can (Score 1) 250

There is a process in brain development that occurs during the Adolescent years call 'synaptic pruning' where the body eliminates brain pathways that are not being used in order to reinforce those that are

IF we do not start deep training in math and logic before that occurs, it will be nearly impossible to retrain their brains later in life

Introducing advanced math in the early grade school years is an effective method to ensure adults are able to understand these things, and we are simply FAILING to do that

Comment Re:It's over. (Score 2, Interesting) 250

Late-boomer, early gen-xer here

I was lucky enough to have a family of Engineers living next to me, and my early life was spent watching/participating with them identifying goals, solving problems, and using booth logic and mathematics throughout

The sons were 5 and 7 years older than me, so I was between 8 and 10 years old, watching them do algebra homework, and learning by example, so that I was already exposed to this stuff by the time our school system got around to it

Unfortunately, when my own kids got into school, they had teachers who would almost universally say, this math is really hard and we are just going to get through it, at which point most kids just tuned it out and at best, went trough the motions without really learning anything

To make it even worse, when I took the time to actually teach my kids algebra, the teachers got confused because I had them balancing equations in an more aggressive manner than the answer book showed, and they would grade them as wrong

IMO, learning Mathematics is about exposure to a multitude of theorems so that you can intuitively identify an approach based on the composition of the equations, and goals of the work

The only real solution is to start kids on Algebra in grade school, and demand that teachers be trained in math in order to teach it. Unfortunately, our society has decided that early education teachers are just poorly paid baby-sitters with degrees in everything BUT math

Comment Re:Would Pablo Escobar pass these tests? (Score 3, Interesting) 250

I can guarantee you that Escobar knew how much product you could stick in a plane and how much money he was expecting in return on that

I would even go so far as to speculate he had adequate understanding of application of loan rates to debt owed and how to instantly calculate the amount of money or product needed to buy a person's cooperation

I am not sure where you are going with this, but Escobar was a business man, a brutal businessman, but one all the same

Comment Re: It a guidebook... (Score 1) 244

I agree, I have not used a diagramming tool that is as easy to use as a sketch pad

Speaking of drafting, I worked for a highway design company as a surveyor and draftsman. In those days they expected you to hand-letter professionally or use the Leroy Set

That is what drove me to CAD systems, and come to think of it, they had drawing tablets attached, with integrated menus/macros for formulae etc...

I wonder why they have not reached general usage

Comment Re: It a guidebook... (Score 1) 244

I used to use legal pads for contemporaneous notes taken during projects, but found them to be relatively worthless because they are not searchable

Learning to touch type, in a manner that allows for recording of statements in a searchable format is VASTLY superior

Focus on the future, not the past

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