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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To be fair, at least personally, I learned the word 'cylinder' long before I learned 'rectangular prism'. Maybe because the latter is usually called a cuboid or box, while there is no simpler word for a cylinder.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 17 hours ago

They know those concepts from previous grades and learning. My example leaves out weeks of scaffolding.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago

cuboids are what they call people on flatlander 4chan