Re: Survey on your math education
- From: Ken Pledger <ken.pledger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:46:25 +1200
In article <Q2xpi.3993$x72.434@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"tomefoster" <tomefoster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
....
1- Was there anything that somebody (parent, teacher, etc) did to
significantly spark your interest in mathematics?
I encountered a succession of dedicated teachers who taught
mathematics really well (to all their students, not just to me). Many
people are not so lucky.
2- Was there anything that your parents, teachers, or schools did to
accelerate your math education? (in the US, some advanced students are able
to take a course in Algebra in 7th grade and may be able to a take a course
or two in Calculus before starting college.)
I was admitted to a second-year course in my first university
year. That's all.
3- Given the right education, do you think you could have understood high
school Algebra by the age of 10?
Yes.
4- Do you think you could have understood the first college level of
Calculus by the age of 13?
Yes.
5- What do you most wish had been differently in your upbringing to
accelerate your understanding of Mathematics?
....
Nothing whatever. This is very important.
At high school I met a rich variety of arts and sciences,
including an introduction to three foreign languages. I would hate to
have impoverished that experience by specializing in mathematics too
early. There's no harm in finding one subject easier than the others.
Mathematics homework was a little treat which I often saved up until
after the more time-consuming homework in other subjects.
Ken Pledger.
.
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