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Teachers from UK shocked by Chinese multiplication table

LordKrishna

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Why you all so racist you think only Chinese can count? See my fellow children all so happy learning too

[video=youtube;aGyfNTxs9JI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGyfNTxs9JI[/video]
 

erection2015

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sounds like a good read.....difficult not to notice the ''For Now'' bit.


I've just started reading this book.. The author tries to explain why the Western civilisation have done so well in the last 500 years while the East dipped so badly. He listed the factors including system of rule, geography, weather etc etc. Very interesting revelations so far (only reached chapter 2).
 

erection2015

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there are exceptions to this though......BosSam, kingrant and one or two more come immediately to mind. They have tough craniums and hide.

Yeah, kenna hit on the head by one of those $20 calculators can be very painful. :biggrin:
 

RoyMcFarland

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....What pisses me off is that chinese ppl are negatively stereotyped for no good reason or hated or lambasted for the silliest reasons. Like some whites hate chinese but they don't have any compelling reasons to. Like blacks rob, rape and contribute to high crime rates, chinese don't do that but do you know some whites hate chinese more and they'll use silly reasons like chinese guy didn't smile at him or looks mean as if that is an excuse to be racist. Then you pay attention it happens elsewhere like here in singapore where chinese postitive stereotypes are downplayed and never acknowledged for the good that they do. Give you an example. Ppl like to stereotype malays as nice ppl yet there are obviously rude and mean malays but ppl ignore that and just focus on nice malays. It's the opposite for chinese. PPl ignore nice chinese and forever stereotype them as mean, selfish. It's this type of mentality that needs to go.

I couldn't agree more about stereotyping. Now, please read your own post back ( especially the last line ) to the other guy in your brain, you schizophrenic, racist piece of shit!

Now before the other guy in your brain comes back to screw me, let me say that I'm Indian and proud to be one. As are Chinese, Malays etc. All of us got issues and peculiar traits relating to our ethnicity and we have to deal with this. All of us are racists to some extent but you take it to the extreme.

One last point, have the "two" of you ever wondered why Singaporean Indians and Singaporean Chinese and Singaporean Malays seem to be different from the originals from India, China and Malaysia? Based on the negative responses, we seem to be better. Why? Could it be that the living and mixing with our fellow Singaporeans of all races have helped us evolve into better species than the Chinese Chinese, Indian Indians and the Malaysian Malays...?
 

lorrydriver

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didn't we all go through primary schools using the Multiplication tables? We had them all printed at the back of the school exercise books....thought that was something left over from the British.....
 

erection2015

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they are not interested in any awards...they are interested in quietly contributing...see how much they have contributed to our casinos , our motor industry and our funeral services.



If the Commie pigs are so good at Mathematics, why have none none of them won the Fields Medal? The only Chinese names on the list are ABCs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal

The answer is obvious. There is a huge difference between rote learning and real intelligence.

Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Prize too.
 

Raiders

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didn't we all go through primary schools using the Multiplication tables? We had them all printed at the back of the school exercise books....thought that was something left over from the British.....

You mean the multiplication table was not left behind by the Brits? And they do not use the multiplication table? Holy fuck! :biggrin:
 

yellowarse

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I remembered reading somewhere that the abacus is much better than the calculator. No? :biggrin:

Much faster, especially in addition and subtraction. For complex division, the calculator is a tad faster. Proven by many tests of comparison.

What is more interesting is that kids in China and Japan are now being taught the abacus method of mental calculation, where the child visualises an abacus in his mind when he does calculations. Not only is this method of mental calculation superior to others, it's been shown to be effective in developing the right brain, long associated with creativity and artistic ability.
 

Leongsam

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Now before the other guy in your brain comes back to screw me, let me say that I'm Indian and proud to be one.

Why are you proud to be an Indian? It's not an achievement or something that you actually had a choice over. You were simply born that way.
 

3_M

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Results from Internationale Mathematical Olympiad. Confined Indian sucks.

India

Performance at the IMO
First participation: 1989.
Number of participations: 24.
Gold medals: 11. Silver medals: 58. Bronze medals: 51. Honourable mentions: 18.

China
Performance at the IMO
First participation: 1985.
Number of participations: 27.
Gold medals: 124. Silver medals: 26. Bronze medals: 6. Honourable mentions: 0.
 

syed putra

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What pisses me off is that chinese ppl are negatively stereotyped for no good reason or hated or lambasted for the silliest reasons. Like some whites hate chinese but they don't have any compelling reasons to. Like blacks rob, rape and contribute to high crime rates, chinese don't do that but do you know some whites hate chinese more and they'll use silly reasons like chinese guy didn't smile at him or looks mean as if that is an excuse to be racist. Then you pay attention it happens elsewhere like here in singapore where chinese postitive stereotypes are downplayed and never acknowledged for the good that they do. Give you an example. Ppl like to stereotype malays as nice ppl yet there are obviously rude and mean malays but ppl ignore that and just focus on nice malays. It's the opposite for chinese. PPl ignore nice chinese and forever stereotype them as mean, selfish. It's this type of mentality that needs to go.

I wonder why they say, "yellow, yellow dirty fellow". You will understand this if you go to rural china or china about the time the british were there and conquered Hong Kong.
Actually malays used to be nice. But That did not get them anywhere. So now they try to mimic the chinese. maybe by doing that, they will be more successful.
 

syed putra

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The west are systematic. They do not waste time teaching you rote learning. memorising the multiplication tables are a waste of time as far as they are concern. Especially when there are calculators that can do the job for you.

Instead of memorising things, the west want your basic skill and ingenuity to blossom. The ones born with this extraordinary talent is what they want in their society. The whole concept of their education is to catch these people as they will contribute in a very big way to the society.
Why bother, for instance learning the tables when it is better for the gifted to learn how to control football like Messi.
Or come up with new math formula to complete a theory.
 

PUNISHER

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Knn stop all this racists comments about each other race !! Knnbccb !! You guys are Singaporean and should united not kill each other !! don't let fucking FT laugh at you guys !! Knnbccb !! Better wake up your fucking idea !!
 
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