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“You Got This” Assures Father Who Doesn’t Know How To Help with His Son’s Algebra Homework
(lemmy.world)
In a scene not too uncommon in today’s world, local dad Alan Devlin reassured his high school son, Keith, with an enthusiastic “You got this!” to cover for having absolutely no idea how to help him with his Algebra homework.
Keith, a sophomore at Quadratic High, initially welcomed his dad’s encouragement. “At first, I thought he was just trying to boost my confidence,” Keith said. "But then I realized he had absolutely no clue what he was talking about when he started using phrases like “x equals whatever you want it to be” and “Try dividing by zero.”
Read the rest of the satire news article here on TattletaleTimes.com
When Khan Academy was a big thing, there was talk of flipping teaching - having the homework be watching instructional videos (when you can pause, rewind and rewatch without embarrassment) and doing homework in school hours. It sounded quite good (at least for motivated kids (wasn't me)), but I guess it died on the vine.
Well yeah that's the stupidest thing I've heard since the snippet of an Adam Sandler movie I was served as a Youtube Short earlier. This takes an idiot boomer using the county school board as their first foothold in politics' idea of how education works. That class lectures are one-way communication from an adult to their inferiors and the performative act of busywork is all that really matters.