I think they’re doing this more in schools. I was helping a first grader with homework recently and I was surprised the math worksheet was essentially simple al

I think they’re doing this more in schools. I was helping a first grader with homework recently and I was surprised the math worksheet was essentially simple algebra but with a shape or a little picture to represent the variable instead of a letter: > 3 + circle = 7 > 10 - cloud = 4 It seems like a perfectly reasonable exercise for a first grader. Clouds and puppy faces and circles. But I have to admit if I’d seen “x” in place of the symbols I’m not sure I would’ve thought it was so reasonable.