56 Percent Of Americans Don't Think We Should Teach Arabic Numerals In School (polls, education)

[fusillirob1983]

Originally Posted by austinnerd

The point of the comment was that the "liberal school system" has created folks who don't know/remember what Arabic numerals are.

Sounds like a little bit more personal responsibility is required rather than blaming the "liberal school system".

[Emeraldmaiden]

Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy

Pure comedy.

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-b...als-in-school/

I saw that on Fakebook the other day. Swear, I simultaneously sprained my eyeballs and nearly laughed myself into a hemorrhage.



And yes, I have known our numerals were Arabic in origin for many many years.

[t206]

Seems kind of insensitive and unethical:

Our goal in this experiment was to tease out prejudice among those who didn't understand the question. Most people don't know the origins of our numerical system and yet picked a tribal answer anyway. You can argue that one is worse than the other but both prove a similar point.

https://twitter.com/jdcivicscience/s...60611527843840

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Do you really think people who want to see Arabic numerals banned are liberals?

uhm.. I am a little older...
I was taught that the Hindu-Arabic number system is what we call the numbers we use


apparently in todays school system, this is not taught... otherwise you would not have 56% saying we should not teach Arabic (as opposed to Roman) numerals

[Raddo]

Originally Posted by t206

Seems kind of insensitive and unethical:

Our goal in this experiment was to tease out prejudice among those who didn't understand the question. Most people don't know the origins of our numerical system and yet picked a tribal answer anyway. You can argue that one is worse than the other but both prove a similar point.

https://twitter.com/jdcivicscience/s...60611527843840

I was going to say that I don't understand the point of the poll to begin with, because the confusion with what Arabic numerals are would make the resulting data pretty useless. The only reason you would conduct this poll is if you WANTED to do what they have now admitted to.

[EastwardBound]

Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy

Pure comedy.

https://www.iflscience.com/editors-b...als-in-school/

I would say 90-95% of Americans do not know that the numbers we used are called Arabic Numerals. In the poll mentioned, I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of the 44% who said they should be taught also do not know that our numerals are Arabic Numerals, but believe that a new set of numerals should be taught because it will add to diversity.

[Pilot1]

I don't believe polls, especially this one. No conservative wants to ban Arabic numbers, and I doubt many libs do either. What a crock.

[LS Jaun]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

I don't believe polls, especially this one. No conservative wants to ban Arabic numbers, and I doubt many libs do either. What a crock.

Silly Liberals wasting their time on nothing

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by Raddo

I bet a significant percentage of the people participating in that poll thought the question was "Do you think Arabic should be taught in school".

Agree or had no idea what the pollster was talking about.

We want American numbers.

[James Bond 007]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

well that's the liberal school system for you.....

This was a fake answer to compensate for the reality that most of the people saying we shouldn't teach Arabic numerals in schools were probably conservatives. Something workingclasshero would be loathe to admit.