A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Whether that’s true or not, the article transcript explains why this is still a big deal:

    Bill Whitaker: Why do you think so many people found what you did to be so impressive?

    Ne’Kiya Jackson: Probably because we’re African American, one. And we’re also women. So I think-- oh, and our age. Of course our ages probably played a big part.