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Raz — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:43:44 +0000

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Comment on Misunderstanding Math by Larry Stookey

Larry Stookey — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:16:47 +0000

I don’t teach math. I teach physics. At the high school level, physics is mostly an “applied math” class, with lots of real-life problems to solve. It’s nice to have students who don’t have to use a calculator to divide two into 3. I have to admit that it’s nice when I can use some of the math “shorthand” vocabulary to talk to my students about problem-solving techniques, such as “Remember to distribute the number 2 across the two terms in parentheses.”
What this requires is that our young must learn the basic math principles using the inquiry methods of which Paul Lockhart is so rightfully fond. There is a tendency nowadays in many school districts to replace content teachers of science or math or English in middle school with K-8 teachers, who frequently have not learned the content knowledge or do not exhibit the interest in math or science to teach anything that is not in the elementary text and consumable workbooks. This is sad, because then these districts have fallen into the trap that Lockhart describes, teaching rote and lifeless facts and formulas.
We can’t tread the paths of mathematicians and scientists of centuries past. We can’t expect students to reinvent and rediscover all math and science, but we can and should show them the path and describe the wonders of the routes taken by these earlier students. And we need to do this earlier rather than later.

Comment on Fighting Foreign Energy Dependence by Eye Floaters Cure

Eye Floaters Cure — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:23:41 +0000

Do you blame other countries for hating the US? We can’t even work together to improve our own country and imagine what we do to other people. Our congress does nil to make the right decisions, it’s all about business. It’s embarrasing that our Government works against us instead of for us.

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