EPTIs Algebra Necessary? - Page 34
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Zedders
Canada450 Posts
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blankspace
United States292 Posts
Are schools supposed to be fuckin preprofessional? Are ppl proud of not needing to use math? Is there no appreciation for the deep relationship between math and physics? That people have so much trouble appreciating abstraction says a lot about Our problems in education. Omg "x" is too fucking abstract let's forget math have more "philosophers!" Fuck. Edit: also despite majoring in math I love literature and enjoy history. Yet rarely would you have an English major who can appreciate math. I don't blame the kids. Too many bad teachers | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
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Sated
England4983 Posts
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Carras
Argentina860 Posts
and using that kids dont learn enough social science ( i study Sociology) as a pretext to cut algebra sounds really dumb.. just teach the kids better, in both subjects maybe it isnt that usefull for most of the kids, but learning is not only about understanding things that will be obviosly and inmediatly usefull. | ||
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Jaso
United States2147 Posts
The problem lies not with the subject but with either the students or the education system. | ||
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CeriseCherries
6170 Posts
i can maybe see Calculus as not being useful to a lot of people but Algebra? Algebra is not rocket science, although its best to know if you are a rocket scientist. I learn physics/chem/bio not because i am going to be a biochemical engineer and use all 3 but because its basic knowledge. i mean it matters not one whit whether or not the sun revolves around the earth or vice versa but gee no one is criticizing 4th grade education. in terms of usefulness the heliocentric model serves far fewer purposes to laypeople than algebra. | ||
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Coolzx
United States138 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Given that this is about hating math, this video is relevant | ||
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UrsusRex
United States85 Posts
Also we don't use the metric system and that has a massive effect on understanding measurement and our math system. | ||
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Alvin853
Germany149 Posts
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UrsusRex
United States85 Posts
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Ercster
United States603 Posts
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MattBarry
United States4006 Posts
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
On July 30 2012 09:02 UrsusRex wrote: We also assign students too much homework. Studies have shown students actually learn less the more homework they are given and are less likely to continue learning later in life. Nothing kills a childs love of knowledge as fast as assigning tons of homework and making them learn what they can't relate to. Also we don't use the metric system and that has a massive effect on understanding measurement and our math system. I agree with both these points. There are even a lot of kids who don't learn anything from doing homework whatsoever, but it's still included because the education system doesn't know how to handle multiple learning styles. | ||
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Severedevil
United States4839 Posts
On July 30 2012 09:14 corpuscle wrote: I agree with both these points. There are even a lot of kids who don't learn anything from doing homework whatsoever, but it's still included because the education system doesn't know how to handle multiple learning styles. Er... If you can't learn information from reading a book, and productively practice it by solving problem designed to help you practice it, that's a learning disability, not a learning style. | ||
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UrsusRex
United States85 Posts
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Coolzx
United States138 Posts
On July 30 2012 09:15 Severedevil wrote: Er... If you can't learn information from reading a book, and productively practice it by solving problem designed to help you practice it, that's a learning disability, not a learning style. Hell yeah man, who needs teacher if you can read a book and works out problems like a champ huh? | ||
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
On July 30 2012 09:15 Severedevil wrote: Er... If you can't learn information from reading a book, and productively practice it by solving problem designed to help you practice it, that's a learning disability, not a learning style. Well, a lot of students do have learning disabilities (or, at the very least, some sort of cognitive dysfunction that's close to a disability). Also, even those that don't sometimes learn better in different ways. Some students learn best by reading, some learn best by listening to a lecture, some learn best working in groups, some learn by practicing... that's why most good schools try to offer a blend of different teaching strategies. | ||
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Zahir
United States947 Posts
Education should prepare you for life and produce brilliant individuals to help your country kick ass. Not cram algebra into the minds of every single person including the great majority who will never use it. What schools should do, is teach a wide array of subjects at first and then gradually allow students to pick more and more of their own curriculum, in preparation for a career. Different schools could have different focuses, so math/science kids could go to one, arts/writing to another and so forth. Making your entire populace slightly less crappy at a subject they will rarely use is a waste of human potential. We should focus on making everyone better at what they're actually going to do. Not hold to meaningless blanket standards which ultimately make us less efficient/competitive by wasting everyone's time. | ||
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