teaching-math
Original: teaching-math on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
First man (bald, in suit): WE TEACH MATH ALL WRONG!
Second man (in suit, gesturing): WE START KIDS OFF WITH COUNTING NUMBERS, YAH? WE NEED TO START THEM OFF WITH AXIOMS AND SETS! WITH FUNDAMENTALS!
Panel 2:
Second man: IF THEY JUST USE NUMBERS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, HOW ARE THEY EVER GOING TO UNDERSTAND MATH?!
First man: THAT'S FINE, SIR. AND WILL YOU BE PAYING FOR YOUR STICKYBUN WITH CASH OR CREDIT?
Panel 3:
Second man (now shown as a cashier/customer scene): FIRST YOU MUST APPRECIATE THAT THE STICKYBUN IS LARGELY MADE UP OF BARYONS.
Votey:
First man (off-panel, speech): Honestly, you're being a bit eccentric, sir.
(A woman with long flowing dark hair is shown looking off to the side.)
First man (bald, in suit): WE TEACH MATH ALL WRONG!
Second man (in suit, gesturing): WE START KIDS OFF WITH COUNTING NUMBERS, YAH? WE NEED TO START THEM OFF WITH AXIOMS AND SETS! WITH FUNDAMENTALS!
Panel 2:
Second man: IF THEY JUST USE NUMBERS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, HOW ARE THEY EVER GOING TO UNDERSTAND MATH?!
First man: THAT'S FINE, SIR. AND WILL YOU BE PAYING FOR YOUR STICKYBUN WITH CASH OR CREDIT?
Panel 3:
Second man (now shown as a cashier/customer scene): FIRST YOU MUST APPRECIATE THAT THE STICKYBUN IS LARGELY MADE UP OF BARYONS.
Votey:
First man (off-panel, speech): Honestly, you're being a bit eccentric, sir.
(A woman with long flowing dark hair is shown looking off to the side.)
Alt text
A three-panel comic. In the first two panels, a man in a suit passionately argues to a bald man that math is taught all wrong, that kids should start with axioms, sets, and fundamentals instead of counting numbers, insisting they will never understand math if they just use numbers without knowing what they're doing. The bald man calmly replies, 'That's fine, sir. And will you be paying for your stickybun with cash or credit?' revealing this is a checkout counter exchange. In the third panel the customer continues his pedantic insistence on fundamentals, saying, 'First you must appreciate that the stickybun is largely made up of baryons.' Votey: A woman with long flowing dark hair looks to the side as an off-panel voice says, 'Honestly, you're being a bit eccentric, sir.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.