I really wish mathematics was taught like a history class. Mathematics, the way it’s taught, rarely ever explains the Why of a concept. For example, I understan

I really wish mathematics was taught like a history class. Mathematics, the way it’s taught, rarely ever explains the Why of a concept. For example, I understand that calculus is useful. You’ve shown me a whole bunch of uses for it. But why did we come up with calculus in the first place! Learning about the motivations of the historical actors involved in making discoveries, and learning about the steps that led to those discoveries gave me a far more complete understanding of mathematics. It also removed this massive whiff of arbitrariness that has always existed with mathematics for me.