High School Geometry: Instrument of the Devil
This post led me to an extremely well made case about the terrible state of math education. To be honest, it isn’t limited to just math. Physics, Chemistry, Computers are all taught in the same poor fashion. It’s amazing anyone walks away from school with even a hint of knowledge in these subjects.
When I read things like this, it makes me want to become a teacher. I don’t know what I would teach, does it even really matter? Do I need a specific topic, why isn’t knowledge just viewed for what it is, knowledge. The truth of the matter is, it’s all connected and these artificial barriers we put up just confuse and disconnect people from the reality of everything being connected. Chemistry is just the physics of molecules and atoms, Computers are just big boxes of switches manipulating electrons (or rather their flow). In fact, my number one hesitation about teaching is the fact that I would have to adopt the current system which would essentially destroy any possibility of actually teaching something. If I could participate in some form of teaching outside the conventional school system, I would actual give it a shot (at least then there would be a shot at some actual knowledge transfer).
Seriously give it a read. It’s worth it.
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