bobbelcher:#tag yourself i’m BobIn the 1960′s, there was a revolution in teaching math. It was calle
bobbelcher:#tag yourself i’m BobIn the 1960′s, there was a revolution in teaching math. It was called “New Math”. The gifs don’t show it, but Dash’s textbook has “New Math” on the cover. This is a Tom Lehrer song from that decade satirizing New Math as convoluted and confusing and how are we supposed to help our kids with their homework when they have them doing this silly nonsense? If you watch the video, you’ll notice that THIS IS HOW WE WERE ALL TAUGHT TO DO MATH. It’s really funny to hear this satire from the other side, where I 100% understand the topic he’s lampooning as complex and silly, whereas when he demonstrates the “way we learned it” at the beginning I have NO IDEA how the FUCK he got that answer.Anyway this is a great period detail in the incredibles and I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT -- source link