tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31155815.post3271507219602295672..comments2023-11-05T03:12:40.416-08:00Comments on Mostly Poetry: Do People Really Hate Math?Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687291606249050356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31155815.post-38793363865520616262011-02-23T16:24:35.976-08:002011-02-23T16:24:35.976-08:00That could be. It's kinda too bad people typi...That could be. It's kinda too bad people typically encounter math in a classroom setting where doing well on standardized tests is the goal, so everything is riding on wether or not people get the problems right. There is so much more to math - fractals and logic and puzzles and networks and game strategies. All of that is math, but we end up so focused on arithmetic and algebra in schools, and there is so much to cram in that there isn't time to play and explore. Too bad.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687291606249050356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31155815.post-8202841604118668102011-02-22T18:54:21.175-08:002011-02-22T18:54:21.175-08:00The thing is that I don't really hate math (ac...The thing is that I don't really hate math (actually at the moment I do) but I hate the fact that I don't get the problem, which is, what I'm guessing, what everyone else's deal with it is also.Enlightenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452286761556629648noreply@blogger.com