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[–] Louisoix@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the first grade I got curious about negative numbers in my calculator. The teacher told me it was a mistake and I shouldn't play with it.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Teacher should have shown you how a number line extends forever in both directions (no reason to think she should have known about imaginary numbers making it extend orthogonally as well)

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The teacher probably had no idea what negative numbers were, and if they did, had no training on how to explain that to a six-year-old.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

If your teacher was born in the 1800s she would have been right. Negative numbers weren't accepted as "real" for a very long time.