"Americans say ‘Arabic numerals’ should not be taught in school, finds survey"

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"Americans say ‘Arabic numerals’ should not be taught in school, finds survey"

"Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

"A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

"Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

"Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...c-science-a8918256.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
 
To be fair, that question seems to be phrased to take advantage of the fact it is not common knowledge that our numbering systems come from the Arabs, and originally via India. The question makes it sound like the proposal is to teach a new numbering system in supplement to the existing one.

With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.
 
Yeah yeah yeah and Womens Suffrage should be repealed. All your food is filled with dihydrogen monoxide lol everyone is an idiot for not knowing the archaic nuances in our language.
 
Cypress said:
To be fair, that question seems to be phrased to take advantage of the fact it is not common knowledge that our numbering systems come from the Arabs, and originally via India. The question makes it sound like the proposal is to teach a new numbering system in supplement to the existing one.

With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.
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Seems neither you nor Archive actually read the article. You both are doing a great job of what it really says. Congratulations.
 
Cypress said:
To be fair, that question seems to be phrased to take advantage of the fact it is not common knowledge that our numbering systems come from the Arabs, and originally via India. The question makes it sound like the proposal is to teach a new numbering system in supplement to the existing one.

With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.
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True, the survey was testing prejudice, however, it still says a lot, you would think a respondent might ask what exactly do you mean by Arabic numbers?
 
archives said:
"Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

"A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

"Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

"Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...c-science-a8918256.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
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Haw, haw, haw, haw, haw, haw............haw.
 
archives said:
"Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

"A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

"Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

"Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...c-science-a8918256.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
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Oh Lordy, it’s the same as people hating Obamacare but loving the Affordable Care Act.
 
archives said:
"Fifty-six per cent of people say the numerals should not part of the curriculum for US pupils"

"A survey by Civic Science, an American market research company, asked 3,624 respondents: “Should schools in America teach Arabic numerals as part of their curriculum?

"Some 2,020 people answered “no”. Twenty-nine per cent of respondents said the numerals should be taught in US schools, and 15 per cent had no opinion"

"Seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...c-science-a8918256.html?utm_source=reddit.com

Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State
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Judging by their website, it was probably a social media poll with uneducated snowflakes answering.
https://civicscience.com/about/
 
Cypress said:
With that nod to fairness aside, we know that there are a lot of buck-toothed rubes for whom the word "Arab" is like waving a red flag in front of an angry bull.
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Yeah- star names must really piss 'em off. Haw, haw, haw, haw, haw,..........haw.
 
Sailor said:
No problem: "Survey had to be taken in some ruby red State". Now read the article idiot. All of it. You, Cypress, and anyone that thanked you for the link, prove what it says.
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Want to try again because the article makes zero reference as to what location it was taken?

Who's proving what the link said?
 
archives said:
That could be true given that "seventy-two per cent of Republican-supporting respondents said Arabic numerals should not be on the curriculum"
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The survey doesn't mention how many of the 3,624 were Pubs and how many were Dems. It says there were "3,624 respondents".
 
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