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I don't think math needs to be relevant to people's daily lives to be interesting. It just needs to be interesting, not pre-chewed a hundred times and then reha
by ordinary 15y ago
I don't think math needs to be relevant to people's daily lives to be interesting. It just needs to be interesting, not pre-chewed a hundred times and then rehashed another hundred times.
If you haven't already, I heartily recommend Lockhart's Lament, which makes the above point (and others) much more eloquently than I ever could: http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
- Tichy 15y agoI've certainly always approached maths as a game, but even that does not guarantee that everybody would enjoy it. If chess was a mandatory subject in school, lots of people would probably still resent having to learn it. On the other hand I think many people are doing algorithmic and mathematical things on a daily basis (like cooking), yet they would claim that they have no idea about maths and avoid it like the plague.