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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Btw, while you may not use the math regularly, it's useful to learn objective problem solving in school on a regular basis so you build the kind of logic you'll need to learn other things.

This is true, but arguably there are better ways to teach the same skills.

I've said for years that schools should implement systems thinking classes (where students are encouraged to consider chain reactions and long-term consequences for potential actions, and generally develop a more holistic view of the world and how it operates), which would basically revolve around most of the same skillset there (only verbally instead of with math).

There's also the old liberal arts model of the "trivium" (grammar, logic, and rhetoric), which would be a hell of a lot more useful than a lot of what we actually teach these days. Especially in a world that is so heavily focused on communication by one means or another. If anything, a solid foundation in logic and rhetoric might clear up about 90% of the problems in modern political systems (which is why we'll never get those classes, because the people in a position to push that agenda have a vested interest in preventing it).


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