quote:"We're simply seeking to make mathematics more accessible to schoolchildren by de-emphasizing the elements that so many of them find confusing. It makes no sense to try to train our students how to think logically, then present them with nonsensical concepts such as 'irrational' and 'imaginary' numbers."
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Oh, good. I did check to make sure that was the real snopes page, because something didn't seem right about it.
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Decimals, fractions, and the like were my favorite part of arithmetic. Especially dividing fractions. I loved dividing fractions. Big ones.
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Phew! I read it and thought, "Oh no, Snopes is falling down on the job, this article is clearly written tongue-in-cheek!" But I couldn't get that "lost" link to work. For some reason the link worked for me when you posted it here!
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I could see holding out on imaginary numbers, but fractions and decimals? That'd be crazy. Good thing it's a joke.
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There's another good clue right up front that it's fake. If this had really been done 6 years ago we would have heard about it from plenty of other sources by now.
Still, a prank in the pages of Snopes is the best sort of prank there is. I think I'll send this page to some of my coworkers.
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