Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Cultural appropriation squared... or squawed
I used to** remember sin/cos/tan by the famous image of Big Chief Soh-Cah-Toa, sitting Injun style next to his triangular tipi.
Filipinos use the same mnemonic, but apparently without the cartoon.
This would drive a Sorosian crazy with cognitive dissonance. The Pinoys are guilty of Cultural Appropriation in two steps ... but Pinoys are also Indigenouses Firsts Nationses Peopleses ... but Pinoys are Christian ... but their leader is a horrible TRUMP PUTIN NAZI KKK HITLER TRUMP TRUMP ... but the same leader hates Christians ... but ... but ...
At least this teacher isn't using the equivalent Pythagoras joke about the sons of the squaws on the other two hides. In this video anyway.
**Since I started working with computer graphics, I don't need the memory trick. After applying the rules in all sorts of real PHYSICAL situations, the three ratios are built-in functions of my mind.
Labels: Experiential education
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