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I wish, that I could tell younger me about why fractions are important to learn.
Don't think the little asshole would listen...
The challenge I had as a kid was that everything was taught either as abstracts, or in ways that wasn't interesting to me.
Like I remember so much math class, the teacher was using sports metaphors. And I remember tuning out the moment football was discussed.
I always find real life examples when my students come to me with math/physics questions.
Trigonometry, thermal expansion, leverage, functions, fractions; "let's go downstairs to the machine shop, and I'll show you".
Same thing for me. I struggled heavily with algebra and geometry, but physics? That was cake because it was real, measurable, and practical. It made sense to learn, and it was interesting enough to keep me focused.
“Yo tiny six-year-old Danekrae, one day you’re gonna encounter parts of stuff and you’re gonna need to describe it in words. Also what happens if some bully takes ‘some’ of your candy bar? How are you gonna tell the teacher how bad you got robbed?”
Nice try but I didn't get half of what your saying. Three eighths at best and my minimum is three sevenths
I feel the same way about all math. I had such shitty math teachers, sometimes they literally did not know the subject at all (e.g. geometry). Now I find it fascinating, but so daunting to approach from scratch. I want a Numberphile-style teacher to explain why all the concepts are actually important, exciting, mysterious, etc.
For me, numberphile felt boring but Veritasium hit the spot. Everyone's different I suppose! (Numberphile is great and maybe I should check them out again but it just wasn't my pace, that's all)
I agree Numberphile can be slower, but I love James and watch a lot of Matt Parker (Stand-Up Maths), too, whom I discovered through Numberphile. There are a few good presenters on there, but others are a bit dull.
I do love Matt Parker too!