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I find it troubling that students are put off by the notion that knowing mathematics is required to do X. Mathematics needs a PR campaign (and maybe better teac

by kriro 11y ago

I find it troubling that students are put off by the notion that knowing mathematics is required to do X. Mathematics needs a PR campaign (and maybe better teachers?). I've noticed that a large number of our students are scarred of taking any courses that could possibly be related to math.

InclinedPlane 11y ago
Both. I'm worried that the way education is being conducted is increasingly turning people off of math, science, and literature. These are all wonderful and highly useful subjects of study and even recreation, but the school systems have turned then into drudgery, and have been using them for aversion therapy for years. It's a wonder society functions at all.
- Ntrails 11y ago
  >I'm worried that the way education is being conducted is increasingly turning people off of math, science, and literature. I disagree. Looking globally (and to some extent historically) I don't see evidence that more successful education systems were taught in more engaging ways by insightful teachers. I do see cultural differences, I see modern children believing they are there to be entertained and not to simply learn and do as they are told. Blaming the teachers and the schools is easy. Blaming the parents and the society that we have created is more honest though imo.