What Schools Call Mathematics Isn’t Mathematics
Math. A subject, an unusual one, but one that stays in a student's mind for the rest of his life, either with admiration or deep resentment. Most people fall into the latter group, primarily due to the way it is taught since a young age. The fault is not entirely in the student's mind. What schools call math isn't math at all. As an Indian, based on what I have observed, math = arithmetic for 70 - 75% of all people (and that is an understatement). To understand what I am saying, go to any person and ask what comes to their mind when they hear "mathematics," and most will imagine the holy trinity - Numbers, Calculations, and Formulas. Only a few think of creativity , or beauty , or exploration. Now, this is again not the student's fault but the education system's. Students are 'required' to memorize tables from 2-10 before grade 2, the formulas for area and perimeter before grade 5, the quadratic equation in grade 9 along with trigonometric ratio...