Teaching Maths

[poliphilo]

A new report, commissioned by the Tories, is recommending that children be taught maths until they're 18.  I so disagree.

Firstly, because lots of people are number blind and it's cruel to keep them slaving away. ( I'm one. Thanks to some very good teaching I passed my "O" level at the second attempt, dropped the subject with a sigh of relief and promptly went back to counting on my fingers.) 

Secondly because these days we've got calculators. 

Leave maths to those with an aptitude for it (like Ailz). 

Comments

[veronikos.livejournal.com]

I'm with heleninwales. Erm...metaphorically speaking. I started teaching my kids geometric patterns very early on, showing them how the universe is constructed out of only 7 shapes, and then a limited amount of combinations of those shapes. I have a lovely drawing from my son Noah, when he was 3 or 4 years old, showing the 5 elemental shapes and their colors. When they were a little older, I taught them how the 7 root shapes are governed by the 7 planets. And from there, we went on to planetary rulership, and more complex shape combinations. Each number is really like a fascinating friend, each with his or her own characteristics.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Now that sounds really fascinating.

I wish I'd had you as my maths teacher....