Comments on: Exactly- Why Study Math Reason 1 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/ The truth will set you free. John 8:32 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:26:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Violet http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/comment-page-1/#comment-3211 Violet Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:36:24 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/#comment-3211 I appreciate what you said, Anna. If we're studying subjects to know God more (knowledge of Him) it seems like the byproduct will be excellence. I appreciate what you said, Anna. If we’re studying subjects to know God more (knowledge of Him) it seems like the byproduct will be excellence.

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]]> By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Renae Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:56:18 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/#comment-607 Adso, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I experienced a similar reaction to math, but it wasn't until I got to take College Algebra. Talk about headaches! :) Seriously, the problem I had in College Algebra was that I needed more than memorized formulas. My friend helped me so much by working the proofs out for me. She showed me why they worked and that made all the difference. Adso,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I experienced a similar reaction to math, but it wasn’t until I got to take College Algebra. Talk about headaches! :)

Seriously, the problem I had in College Algebra was that I needed more than memorized formulas. My friend helped me so much by working the proofs out for me. She showed me why they worked and that made all the difference.

]]> By: Adso http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Adso Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:14:29 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2008/01/06/exactly-reason-1-of-why-study-math/#comment-606 I can remember sitting through geometry class doing proofs, and I swear that I could actually feel my brain developing new convolutions. Or maybe it was just a killer headache. Or both! Either way, it was the first time in my life I had ever been required to think in a clearly focused, logical manner. Even though I was generally mathphobic and I chose a career in which I use no math more complex than percentages, I'm not sorry for those proofs. Not in the slightest. I can remember sitting through geometry class doing proofs, and I swear that I could actually feel my brain developing new convolutions. Or maybe it was just a killer headache. Or both!

Either way, it was the first time in my life I had ever been required to think in a clearly focused, logical manner. Even though I was generally mathphobic and I chose a career in which I use no math more complex than percentages, I’m not sorry for those proofs. Not in the slightest.

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