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Calculus and other math courses, and languages both computer and human, are skills - you must practice them to actually be able to use them. Memorizing proofs,
by billswift 17y ago
Calculus and other math courses, and languages both computer and human, are skills - you must practice them to actually be able to use them. Memorizing proofs, or equations, or words, will not teach you the subject - at most they will teach you about the subject.
- jgg 17y agoI agree. The special skill you need to really do mathematics - creative problem solving - is a very hard skill to develop in anyone. It seems like schools are taking the easy way out by not requiring you to use it that much.