Yes! I totally agree with Petra Bonfert-Taylor:
„Why do smart people enjoy saying that they are bad at math? Few people would consider proudly announcing that they are bad at writing or reading.“
“ we are passing on from generation to generation the phobia for mathematics and with that are priming our children for mathematical anxiety. As a result, too many of us have lost the ability to examine a real-world problem, translate it into numbers, solve the problem and interpret the solution.“
Maths is important – you may not always realize it, but we need it in our everyday life, in order to take decisions for us, but also for political decisions, etc..
Maths is easy to understand (but like with sports or an instrument, you may need some time, instruction, and practice), and once you can handle the numbers and equations, it’s fun.
So, just stop telling others that you are bad at maths.
“Why do smart people enjoy saying that they are bad at math?” laments Petra Bonfert-Taylor, a professor of engineering…
Posted by A Mighty Girl on Dienstag, 27. Juni 2017