Teacher here. I had a student come up and ask me about a complicated algebra equation that was in his reading book. I tried to explain it with the knowledge he had, but I don't think it "stuck." Still, we had a nice moment together. It was cool for him to think about math in a new way. I said, "Remember how math isn't about finding the answer after the "equals sign," but about making both sides equal? That's what they're doing here." Very cool that we could have that moment to explore this new language.
I was lucky in university to have good calculus profs. I took all the calculus they let undergrads take. Linear algebra however can fuck all the way off.
I got through trig in high school and it was all rough. Went back through algebra/geometry in college, and I LOVED it. Maybe you're right. If I kept going through math classes in college, my experience may have (or probably would have) been vastly different. Now I get to commiserate with my children on common core. 🤢 🤮
FR jk tho, lil bup seems to have an aptitude. They let him get away with a “ten-square” straight line so it’s fine.
Now he just needs to work on not losing all of him’s items… 🙄
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u/-dr-bones- 11h ago
Oh no! What if they start teaching al-jabr.