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Lie 1: You can arrange all of the information in a field into a test, and once you've passed the test you "know the field"
(https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2014/04/the_maintenance_of_c...)
Lie 2: Math can be arranged as a ladder system
(https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament....)
These two lies brutalize students across the globe and turn them into automatons that distrust their own abilities. The lucky ones that get away with their desire to learn intact are generally the ones with creative, rich parents.
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Lie 1: You can arrange all of the information in a field into a test, and once you've passed the test you "know the field"
(https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2014/04/the_maintenance_of_c...)
Lie 2: Math can be arranged as a ladder system
(https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament....)
These two lies brutalize students across the globe and turn them into automatons that distrust their own abilities. The lucky ones that get away with their desire to learn intact are generally the ones with creative, rich parents.