Worth Less? If you aren't a rancher are you not Albertan?
I didn't waste a lot of time on this, I could've argued all the points if I cared. I think these posts are divisive & don't help Alberta's fight for sovereignty at all. There are many "Canadians" who want to be or think like Albertans but it doesn't make them any less of a person. In case you missed the one point, 72% of Albertans are not: oil workers, entrepreneurs, trades workers or ranchers. Does that make them any 'less' "Albertan"? If someone is a farmer in Canada, are they worth less than a rancher in Alberta? Like I said, a terrible meme.
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I feel scared by the lack of basic education young people are being taught today.
To clarify some facts.
Yes, if you were born in 1971 (though typically it's posed as years 1975-1999) you could be said to be born in "the late 1900s".
You were not born in the 19th century if you were born in 1971.
If you were born in 1871 (same) you were be said to be born in "the late 1800s). You would have been born in the 19th century.
How do you think "20th Century Fox" studios got their name? They were launched in 1935 (vaguely the "early 1900s" and, you guessed it, the "20th Century").
The new "century" mathematically begins on January 1, 2000. This would be the 21st century. The completion of the Year 2000 does not mean the start of the 21st century. Like the Year 0 (theoretically) it started with the first day of the first year, not the last. I know there was a lot of nonsense way back about Y2K but that dealt with the changeover from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000. The new year. The new century (being the 21st). The new millennium.
Hence why it was called Year 2 K (thousand).
Math does not seem to teach young people that we did not start in the Year 100, but instead we started at Year 0 (for the purpose of identifying which year we are in now, save any debate on types of calendars etc).
The First Century was Years 0-100.
The Twentieth Century was Years 1900-1999 (not 1901-2000).
The "late 1900s" was 1975-1999.
This is the nightmare mess than "new math" has created, when younger generations have no clue on how a system that has existed for over 1,500 years.
It's not hard, in my generation a 5th grader could figure it out.
Though I guess, by todays standards, "Yes, I am smarter than a 5th grader".