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

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, mathematicians are happier and live longer than most other professions. In a better world, I would have been a mathematician myself. The course I took in number theory and finite probability was about as much fun as I've had with my clothes on. Euclidean geometry makes me almost as happy.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I can believe it. I wish I could understand and enjoy maths- but I don't and can't. My brain just isn't wired up that way.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Ironically, I had a hell of a time memorizing multiplication tables and nearly failed my first course in algebra.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Just stumbled upon this:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808152428.htm