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Velma can't math. (mander.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I feel for Velma. I am so bad at math that sometimes I go into a corner by myself so I can hide what I'm working on from my coworkers while I scribble down very complex maladaptive strategies I've learned to solve simple calculations.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I have textbook dyscalculia. I am a geospatial wizard, but I cannot remember my pin or calculate a tip.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I was making grits the other day. The can had instructions for 1 serving, and 4 servings. I didn't want 1 or 4, I wanted 2. So, I wrote a quick interpolation program on my Casio. Once I ran it, I realized 2 is just double of 1.

[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I feel like a number of the concepts in this infographic are loosely (if at all) defined. As in - they don't represent established concepts in education and they could have been made by a single party talking out their ass. Or maybe I just have dyscalculia.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't mean to discredit Dyscalculia as a thing. As a matter of fact, I transposed a bunch of numbers that I shouldn't have in high school math in spite of sound logic for how I went about the questions. I just have issue with the rest of the infographic being things you can identify with without them having a foundation in science. It tastes a little horoscopey.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Haha, no worries! It is hard to find a good one. X)