It’s my settled opinion that educationists intentionally mystify their subjects to prevent parents from being able to critique their teachers and maintain the respect of their children. I have an engineering degree which I earned back when every Tom, Dick and Harry didn’t go to college. But some of the nomenclature they use now . . .I was chatting with an old friend recently, and I remembered that he had said he had never been able to understand math. Now as the subject comes up, maybe the fact that he was in school ten years later than I meant that he had “new math” and his problem wasn’t altogether his fault. In any event, I can recommend a solution to math phobia:
khanacademy.orgA free math education for anyone interested in learning it. I mentioned it to my friend, and hope he will enjoy it (since he’s retired, he certainly doesn’t need it).
khanacademy.org
A free math education for anyone interested in learning it. I mentioned it to my friend, and hope he will enjoy it (since he’s retired, he certainly doesn’t need it).
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