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Originally Posted by XSV
Thinking outside the box is great, and I'm all for it, but you have to know the fundamentals to think outside of the box, otherwise, you are just an idiot savant.
* To note, I'm not directing this at you personally, but in general terms.
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the sad part is most teachers wouldn't even know how to solve things like this. my gf works at a middle school and some of her friends there we hang out with are teachers. they openly admit they have no clue what half the stuff is in the books they teach and they just hand out worksheets.
my first thought was there is some missing part and crossing out two rows seemed correct. then as im screwing back in my electric socket (added a 2nd one! but needed to check something on youtube first) I thought, "shit, wtf was i thinking"
honestly, its sad the knowledge that most kids and adults have these days. even most college classes are about just reciting information you read in a book, rather than to take that information learned and apply it.
Ive always enjoyed math and liked challenges, but its funny to hear people when you ask them "how did you get the answer to the square root of 25?" and they say "its just 5, i dont know"