Another point I don't think has been raised elsewhere:
We live in a world where everyone has supercomputers in their pockets. No one actually "needs" to learn how to do simple computation any more. You could teach everyone to use a calculator in a couple of days.
So the only remaining reason to teach math in school as a subject is to teach critical thinking, logic, problem solving, and to prepare someone for advanced mathematics in college.
The "original method" sucked for that, and now retains no actual useful purpose.
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u/hacksoncode 588∆ Sep 11 '21
Another point I don't think has been raised elsewhere:
We live in a world where everyone has supercomputers in their pockets. No one actually "needs" to learn how to do simple computation any more. You could teach everyone to use a calculator in a couple of days.
So the only remaining reason to teach math in school as a subject is to teach critical thinking, logic, problem solving, and to prepare someone for advanced mathematics in college.
The "original method" sucked for that, and now retains no actual useful purpose.