Children´s reactions towards Mathematics
Truth is, life is
all arithmetic. Surprisingly and perhaps unconsciously, we all use mathematics in
our daily lives: frequently, we try to add to our incomes, subtract from our losses,
divide our time, and for a while, it is true we try to avoid multiplying. There
reaches a time, however, when we want to be fruitful and multiply.
Then, we become the parent that says,
"If I've told you n times, I've told you n + 1 times...
clean your room or you won't get to eat any of the first derivative of a cow
tonight!" It is absolutely incredible! The problem is, however, that when
we are young we don´t see it this way and as clear. Many children even come to
state that they hate math. Continuously, I am going to publish a newspaper
article that tries to explain why children in the USA, specifically, detest math:
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