@vfrmedia @dump_stack

Did I mention I have 2 sons? 😂 So if you were 14 you'd have statistics and probability theory with large and boring probability trees, which they calculate by hand. I get the point but still this is rather inhumane. The older one already discovered caffeine without my intervention though 😂

@kravietz @dump_stack

relative to the 1980s it seems like everything is being taught one year ahead (and I was moved up one year in high school for maths, taking one of the very last Maths O-Level exams held in this country)...

@vfrmedia @dump_stack

They're reshuffling different topics all the time. I might be wrong, and I most certainly am, but I have a feeling the rather mechanical way it's being taught is very discouraging as the kids cannot see any relevance to their current or future life. Last week when faced with resistance in doing the statistics homework I ended up doing a motivational speech in the tone of "if you don't learn probability, you'll end up playing National Lottery" 😂

@kravietz @dump_stack so no change from 1980s, other than maybe more pressure. the reality is I use about 10% of the maths I learned in high school in my everyday life, mostly basic arithmetic.

I feel there should be much more emphasis about relating maths skills to physical objects/situations (eg: planning a DIY project or filling a room with furniture, personal finance and budgeting etc...)

@vfrmedia @dump_stack

Personal finance, mortgages certainly yes, but that's all primary school. The moment when I actually understood I need a crash course in algebra was when I started to study machine learning - it's all based on algebra, polynomials, matrix computations etc. And I just had to quickly (re)learn all these on the way. Now imagine kids learning all this boring crap not as abstract subjects but while developing a natural language processing model to simulate Boris Johnson :)