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 Oct 27 2006, 02:32 AM
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Maths should be made mandatory for engineering preferred students and not for students who go for other major fields like Arts, medicine etc. Were Math’s doesn’t play a major role. Elementary to high school the math’s for non-engineering stream students should have Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, and basic accounts to lead a happy life from childhood to Adulthood. We need to get this in social engineering to build a good citizen without any advanced maths.
Calculus, Trigonometry, Geometry, theories and proofs never applied in other major fields after a high school. When parents doesn’t have time to teach math’s, they have to hire tutors. Many students have the phobia of Math’s. Due to which they go into depression and sometime it lead's to suicidal tendencies. Except Math’s, Most of the students do well in other subjects. |
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Oct 27 2006, 07:51 AM
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 daughter of sin Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
I see your point. I'm a musician, I'm going to major with piano performance and English, and I was really, really pissed off when I had to learn graphing and all that nonsense that I absolutely did not need last year.
I hate math with a passion. However, it's a good excersize because it requires you to use logic. Makes you think. It's good for the brain :) It's not totally useless. But I do think they go a little far as to what we MUST learn. |
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Nov 1 2006, 01:01 PM
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 Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Oct 27 2006, 8:51 AM)  I see your point. I'm a musician, I'm going to major with piano performance and English, and I was really, really pissed off when I had to learn graphing and all that nonsense that I absolutely did not need last year. I hate math with a passion. However, it's a good excersize because it requires you to use logic. Makes you think. It's good for the brain :) It's not totally useless. But I do think they go a little far as to what we MUST learn. There is math in music. I'm a musician, too, and it's really useful. Like you said, math makes you think. Even though people might not go for engineering or fields that involve a lot of math, it helps develop your brain. And how are you sure that you're are going to stick with engineering? Seriously. I wanted to go for business, but now I'm not sure. What we learn in high school and elementary school is the building block for college and our careers. |
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Nov 2 2006, 08:13 AM
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daughter of sin Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
QUOTE(JakeKKing @ Nov 1 2006, 1:01 PM) There is math in music. I'm a musician, too, and it's really useful. Like you said, math makes you think. Even though people might not go for engineering or fields that involve a lot of math, it helps develop your brain. And how are you sure that you're are going to stick with engineering? Seriously. I wanted to go for business, but now I'm not sure. What we learn in high school and elementary school is the building block for college and our careers. One question. Can you possibly tell me how, as a concert pianist, graphing will help me with my particular career? I absolutely hate the assumption that math it useful in music. Simple math (counting) yes. Advanced crap, no. |
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Nov 2 2006, 05:53 PM
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^ I don't know about that. Science stems out from math in some aspects, and it makes sense that it's not required for all the grades. All that extra stuff with graphing fucntions and trigonometry, logarithms...that won't help in your everyday life, but I can see the skills you learn from developing those math skills translating into useful tools to help you succeed in life.
QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Nov 2 2006, 5:13 AM) One question. Can you possibly tell me how, as a concert pianist, graphing will help me with my particular career? I absolutely hate the assumption that math it useful in music. Simple math (counting) yes. Advanced crap, no. I'm really good at playing triplets with my right hand and straight eighth notes with my left hand simultaneously. I'm also great at subdividing my rhythms. That kind of math isn't exactly hard. Okay, so, performing music having a lot to do with graphing...maybe not. But math has a lot to do, especially, with things like composition, counterpoint, analysis...all the theory that is associated with music. Anyway, I don't think that math is directly related to more creative subjects in that way. Like I said before, I think that math is more important as a life skill in logic and rationality; to nicely balance out the other aspects like expression and creativity. |
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Madhusudhan Pathi Don't Kill your child with Maths Oct 27 2006, 02:32 AM
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