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What a marvelous stupid idea. Math and Applied Math is more than numbers and math for the sake of math. It is a way to bring your level of abstract thinking hi
by doc4t 14y ago
What a marvelous stupid idea.
Math and Applied Math is more than numbers and math for the sake of math. It is a way to bring your level of abstract thinking higher - much the same way learning languages does.
Math is so much more than algebra and calculus. It will teach you pattern recognition and deduction - two highly sought after skills in engineering - but can be applied to any profession.
If anything I believe we should bump up the level of math that high school children learn.
- sanxiyn 14y agoYou seem to imply that actual mathematical content is rather less important. Then why stick with algebra and calculus? Frankly, I agree with Hacker: quadratic equations are boring. Teaching number theory will do better job of teaching pattern recognition and deduction. More Fermat's little theorem, more Chinese remainder theorem, less quadratic equations. I found undergraduate number theory to be far easier and more fun than calculus, and you need no calculus to start on number theory.
- doc4t 14y ago> You seem to imply that actual mathematical content is rather less important No. The point was that it is much more than what you call the content.