Re: Why do so many people hate or have trouble with math? Your input is needed!

in article <ubdvg.14649$5o5.123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
the poster formerly known as colleyville alan <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|"Arturo Magidin" <magidin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|snip
|>>Do you enjoy math?
|>
|> If I didn't I wouldn't be a mathematician.
|>
|>> If so, why?
|>
|> The pleasure of finally solving a problem that once seeemed
|> unsurmountable is a very big part of it.
|>
|>>How could teachers and students make math more fun to learn?
|>
|> Why does it have to be "fun"?
|
|Because students who enjoy the subject will learn it more thoroughly
|than those who hope that once the final exam is over they never have
|to see another math book. If the subject is worth knowing, it is
|worth knowing it thoroughly, not superficially.

the main reason to "make" math fun is that it _is_ fun. 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.


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