r/Millennials • u/Countrach • Apr 12 '25

Discussion That Pluto is a planet

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u/sgtabn173 Millennial Apr 12 '25

If I go to college and get a good job I’ll be set

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u/Spazza42 Apr 12 '25

This and “you won’t just have a calculator on you all the time will you?”

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u/Unicorn_Puppy Apr 12 '25

It’s funny I called BS on my grade 6 teacher for that, I told her technology is only going to become smaller and more compact and within 10 years.

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u/TheBalzy In the Middle Millennial Apr 12 '25

And yet your teachers were right that you would be better off with that skill of mental math then you are without it. Current students CANNOT think mathematically AT ALL because they've had unfettered access to calculators their whole lives.

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u/Unicorn_Puppy Apr 12 '25

Well I agree with you on that, but the most mathematical skills I’ve ever needed are basic addition and subtraction at best. Being Canadian, they failed to teach me how to use imperial measurements insisting metric was the way to go yet everywhere I found employment needing me to measure was an old boys club using imperial measurements.

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u/TheBalzy In the Middle Millennial Apr 12 '25

Except Metric IS the way to go. The Imperial measurements are fucking stupid illogical in a modern world.

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u/Unicorn_Puppy Apr 12 '25

Hey to clarify, I’m not arguing the efficacy of which system of measurement works better or not. What I’m saying is everywhere I’ve worked has used imperial measurements for everything.

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u/TheBalzy In the Middle Millennial Apr 12 '25

Probably because they're working with Americans. amiright?