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So the author took one class that was unnecessarily difficult. That’s unfortunate and worth following up with the Math department on. But expanding that into a
by DoneWithAllThat 5y ago
So the author took one class that was unnecessarily difficult. That’s unfortunate and worth following up with the Math department on. But expanding that into a full-length article with the thesis of “Why won’t anyone teach me math?” seems like a stretch.
- 100721 5y agoI don't think she had an issue with the difficulty of the course, but rather the pedagogical approach. It seems she walked away feeling like she didn't actually learn very much, despite passing the course.
- tester756 5y agoI think being open about poor sides of higher edu institutions may result in them improving
- newaccount74 5y agoThe article is from the Princeton university student newspaper, so I assume the author meant "Why won't anyone teach me math at Princeton?". It's specifically about the experience of liberal arts majors at Princeton, not some general thing.
- dematz 5y agoIt seems like the issue was more that the class was not only bad for her but poorly structured in general - it would be a good thing for non math majors to learn topics like linear algebra but the department could set up classes differently to better teach them.