Krudler@lemmy.world to [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhat is something that was explained to you wrong such that you could never understand it, and you received a clarifying explanation that finally made sense?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that was explained to you wrong such that you could never understand it, and you received a clarifying explanation that finally made sense?Krudler@lemmy.world to [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareChai@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoExponentiation. I don’t think it was ever really explained before, instead it was treated like something I should’ve known. One day I watched a YouTube video that made the world of difference, then I got it.
minus-squareItsMeSpez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoThe number of math epiphanies I’ve had on youtube is way too high. Good math teachers are a rare breed.
minus-squareChai@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoFor sure! The same can probably be said for science teachers too.
minus-squaredaq@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoSometimes a specific explanation works for you, but school has to be generic enough for explanation to work for most. There are probably a million videos with explanations that are utter shit.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoThere are, unfortunately, also millions of teachers who are utter shit. I appreciate every single one of the good ones I’ve met along the way.
Exponentiation. I don’t think it was ever really explained before, instead it was treated like something I should’ve known.
One day I watched a YouTube video that made the world of difference, then I got it.
The number of math epiphanies I’ve had on youtube is way too high. Good math teachers are a rare breed.
For sure! The same can probably be said for science teachers too.
Sometimes a specific explanation works for you, but school has to be generic enough for explanation to work for most. There are probably a million videos with explanations that are utter shit.
There are, unfortunately, also millions of teachers who are utter shit. I appreciate every single one of the good ones I’ve met along the way.