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The actual reality is most students don’t have the cognitive horsepower for much past long division. I’ve seen adults struggle with basic algebra: “but what is
by User23 3y ago
The actual reality is most students don’t have the cognitive horsepower for much past long division. I’ve seen adults struggle with basic algebra: “but what is X?” And so on. And that’s fine. Billions of people are going to live satisfying and fulfilling lives without ever knowing the chain rule.
Edit: I thought it was pretty advertent.
- burnished 3y agoI think you inadvertently highlighted what I suspect is the real issue; a ruthless focus on the path to calculus to the detriment of other useful maths.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoOther maths are more difficult to grasp than calculus. Calculus at least has physical applications and can be visualized.
- burnished 3y agoI think I disagree! Calculus is great and all (truly), but logic, boolean algebra, probability, statistics, even linear algebra all have really interesting and useful insights and are very approachable. I'm sure there are other maths I've never encountered that can also be enjoyed with minimal pre-requisite knowledge, though that might be more in the 'abstract and difficult' territory. The bits you need from calculus to approach those other subjects is also very minimal and approachable relative to the content of a calculus pre-req (where applicable).