Seth's Blog : Bad arithmetic classes persuade people to not like math

Arithmetic is a chore. It’s a ceaseless list of things to be memorized, with few understood. It is easily replaced by an app on a phone.

Math is elegant, magical and breathtaking. Math involves little memorization and a lot of understanding.

If we teach kids math, the arithmetic will take care of itself.

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