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Gifted kids need to see gifted adults using "story problems" in real life. If kids see how math is needed to trade in Chicago, to gamble in Vegas, to optimize
by jriley 15y ago
Gifted kids need to see gifted adults using "story problems" in real life.
If kids see how math is needed to trade in Chicago, to gamble in Vegas, to optimize at Google or to solve the German tank problem kids will want to know more.
I remember every guest speaker in K-12 math classes -- only about one per year. And I'm probably exposed to more math from HN links than I was as a non-technical undergrad.
- marquis 15y agoAbsolutely! Like I'd posit that many of us learnt Chess from an adult. Not many kids pick this up themselves, without an initial introduction. I think another issue is that we expect parents to be able to introduce kids to advanced topics. What happens when you get a brilliant kid with no access to education outside of the classroom? More often than not at least a few years of missed accelerated learning.