Re: Why do so many people hate or have trouble with math? Your input is needed!
- From: "Arturo Magidin" <magidin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 7 Oct 2006 17:51:06 -0700
James Dolan wrote:
the main reason to "make" math fun is that it _is_ fun.
Many people assure me that hunting is fun. I just don't see it. I think
the games of Diplomacy and Cosmic Encounter are great fun; but there
are plenty of people who think they are boring, annoying, a waste of
time and effort, and any other number of things.
Sure, ->I<- like math. I also like soccer, for which I can also produce
several million people who will swear up and down that it is not a fun
sport.
when it's not
fun that's generally a tip-off that you're not actually doing math but
are instead wasting your time on worthless crap.
Did I fail to enjoy hunting because I was not actually doing hunting?
Did my friends who failed to find Diplomacy "fun" do so because they
were not actually playing Diplomacy, and were instead doing some
worthless crap?
I enjoy math; I also enjoy a lot of classical compositions, and are
bored to death by requirems and masses. Other people find math boring,
think classical music is boring, and think Punk is fun. Are they wrong?
Or am I?
Arturo Magidin, sans s.ig
.
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