> I think you don’t tech professionally.
I don't know whether you mean "teach" or "tech" here, but this seems to be an ad hominem argument.
Regardless, I would submit that clarity and correctness matter both in teaching and in tech.
I don't know whether you mean "teach" or "tech" here, but this seems to be an ad hominem argument.
Regardless, I would submit that clarity and correctness matter both in teaching and in tech.
Correctness, of the sort you are implying are absolutely not appropriate at all levels. There’s a reason kids in second grade are told that you can’t subtract a larger number from a smaller one, for instance.
2. In grades 1-2 (iirc) we applied negative numbers when we talked about the number line (which we had on the wall.) Even preschoolers knew about negative temperatures on the thermometer.
3. See PP's original comment.