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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views.

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 196 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Lmao, I love this kind of stuff. It makes dumb people so angry

[–] javasux@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Angering dumb people makes them vote. And they vote real dumb

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

They were angry before this and they'll have been angry if this was never mentioned.

For those willing to learn, there's an opportunity for a teachable moment

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

And it makes dumb people so visible.

[–] bvoigtlaender@feddit.org 114 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I love that too, but I feel like we have to make them smart and not angry :(

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 25 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

You can't fix stupid

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Fuck man! It's called school!

That mindset is just so disappointing... I mean, why would you even say that? It's like a statement that immediately backfires, because it makes it sound like you're the one not thinking!

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 45 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But you can teach the ignorant.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 44 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Only if they’re willing to learn. 😢

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Willing and able, which isn't the case for any of those people.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 30 points 16 hours ago

We are fucked, aren't we 🤔

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Literally what schools are for (in this context where you are using stupid as a synonym for uneducated)

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

You cannot teach a pig to sing. Well, you can teach, but don't expect it to work...