Inequality to Equality
A student who swaps an inequality sign for an equals sign defends it as a revolutionary act.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-08-30-inequality-to-equality/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Board: x² − x > 5 ; x² − x = 5]
Teacher: "Wrong. You can't just replace inequality with equality."
Student: "Watch me, you plutocratic stooge! Viva la revolución!"