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Civic Science, an American market research company recently conducted a survey that lays bare the ignorance and prejudice of many Americans.
3,624 respondents were asked whether schools should include Arabic numerals as part of the curriculum without explaining what the numbers actually were.
The poll found that 56 percent of Americans think Arabic numerals should be banned from schools, while 29 percent said they should be included in the curriculum. 15 percent had no opinion.
Out of those who answered "no," 72 percent were Republican and 40 percent identified as Democrats, according to the survey.
The sad reality of these results is that most of the Americans polled did not understand that Arabic numerals are and have been the standard across the world for over a thousand years. Americans use them every day and they have been taught here since the first schools opened up in the states that now make up the nation. Arabic numbers are the ten digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
They've always been referred to as Roman Numerals for as long as I can remember. My whole life, nobody ever referred to them as Arabic Numerals. Ever. So is it ignorance on the part of Americans? Racism on the part of conservatives? Agenda-bias on the part of the company conducting the survey? You make the call.
They've always been referred to as Roman Numerals for as long as I can remember. My whole life, nobody ever referred to them as Arabic Numerals. Ever. So is it ignorance on the part of Americans? Racism on the part of conservatives? Agenda-bias on the part of the company conducting the survey? You make the call.
Roman numerals are entirely different. They are I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X,...L, C, M.
Well crap..........never mind. Ignorance on display.
Stop, you need to immediately cancel your CD account. It's not possible that someone made a mistake and then actually admitted it later in the thread. You know what kind of chaos that could cause here.
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