@sahat @SarahDelahunty @CynAq @actuallyautistic the thinking around not being able to describe how you get to a math answer is, i believe, that without that you have no way of knowing you're correct.
Like, your kid may be a math savant, and they may be always right, but the steps to get there provide the ability to _prove_ that it's the right answer. For High School level stuff i agree it doesn't matter. But verification of correctness is critical for high level math usage.
@masukomi @sahat @SarahDelahunty @CynAq @actuallyautistic The issue is: School Math is not about being useful to YOU, its mostly about .. IDK .. keeping people busy.
I always had very bad grades in anything school math related, but the teachers couldnt stop complaining on how I apparently "understood it, but couldnt apply" it. I blame having learned programming at an early age for that. School math is just some vast theoretical blah, that is some removed from reality .. *shakes head*
@ginsterbusch @sahat @SarahDelahunty @CynAq @actuallyautistic well. in the US ever since Bush II(?) english and math teaching is literally only about teaching the test. If the kids don't do well enough on the test the schools funding is hurt. the ONLY thing that matters is how well students do on those tests. Comprehension and valuation is completely secondary.
"Bush II(?)"
More commonly referred to as "Bush The Lesser". By me, anyway.
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