keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoMore than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean?message-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareMore than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean?keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretheturtlemoves [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·5 months agoTo be fair, at least personally, I learned the word ‘cylinder’ long before I learned ‘rectangular prism’. Maybe because the latter is usually called a cuboid or box, while there is no simpler word for a cylinder.
minus-squareFishLake@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoThey know those concepts from previous grades and learning. My example leaves out weeks of scaffolding.
minus-squareHumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agocuboids are what they call people on flatlander 4chan
To be fair, at least personally, I learned the word ‘cylinder’ long before I learned ‘rectangular prism’. Maybe because the latter is usually called a cuboid or box, while there is no simpler word for a cylinder.
They know those concepts from previous grades and learning. My example leaves out weeks of scaffolding.
cuboids are what they call people on flatlander 4chan