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Re:So you want to study mathematics by bee_rider on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:26PM (#30595090)
I think I'd rather we lose geometry than calculus. Geometry made more sense as an intro to the idea of 'proving stuff' when everybody's dad had a workshop, compass, etc.
Re:So you want to study mathematics by caddemon on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:01AM (#30599935)
Agreed, also the way my high school taught it made proofs seem like a boring subset of Geometry. The unit was poorly connected to other units and the problems I found by far the easiest in the course as we got very formulaic ones. It's entirely possible my teacher was just awful but I definitely walked away with some misconceptions about what proofs are. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate at an earlier stage of development.
Re:So you want to study mathematics by bick_nyers on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:33AM (#30600279)
I never thought about it like that, thanks for that insight