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BLOB_CASTLE  ·  3572 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What science excites you?

I recently saw a video by a mathematician who earned the MacArthur Genius Grant. He said that the way math is currently taught can be related to how much is taught. Currently, 1st year math is like learning a C major scale. 2nd year, G major. 3rd year D major and so on and so forth. You get no where that way, there's no application. The man who won the award is working toward revamping how it's taught.