We all know confidently incorrect people. People displaying dunning-kruger. The majority of those people have low education and without someone giving them objectively true feedback on their opinions through their developmental years, they start to believe everything they think is true even without evidence.
Memorizing facts, dates, and formulas aren’t what necessarily makes someone intelligent. It’s the ability to second guess yourself and have an appropriate amount of confidence relative to your knowledge that is a sign of intelligence.
I could be wrong though.
there’s more of the country than florida
And there’s more of the country falling behind the rest of the world in Maths than just Florida. It was all over the news, again, just a few weeks ago.
i have an idea, look up credentialing standards before you comment on them
says person who clearly didn’t. You know they’ve changed them recently, right?
credentialing standards are set state by state. you know that, right?
Yep. And you know Florida isn’t the only state falling behind in Maths, right? Now go look and see how many states no longer require Maths teachers to have qualifications in Maths and you’ll see why