[Bobwhite Blather] No more, no less

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Mon Jul 28 05:01:39 PDT 2014


Bobwhite Blather has posted a new item, 'No more, no less'

What if a high school math teacher decided that during her geometry class she
would start teaching her students about calculus?

What if questions about calculus appeared on the course midterm or final exam?

In the first instance, the teacher could be trying to show her students that
what they're learning - in what to some may be a pointless geometry class - is
of value further along in the spectrum of mathematics. After all, calculus does
rely on many of the concepts learned from geometry.

But in the second case, the teacher is clearly out of bounds for expecting that
her students should demonstrate some proficiency in limits, differentials or
integrals - subject matter that isn't required by the geometry curriculum.

Yet there are some in Scouting who apply the same practices with our Scouts.

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