Burn Math Class

I did something that I haven’t done in awhile: I used the library card catalog to fine a book on a topic. Jason Wilkes’s book “Burn Math Class and Reinvent Math for Yourself” came up.

From the Prefacer: “Introducing a concept like this(i) leaves open infinitely many questions, (ii) makes any reflective student feel as if they are missing something, (iii) implicitly suggests that it is their own fault for not understanding it…..When I first heard the definition of slope in high school…I felt something like ‘I couldn’t invent any of these definitions on my own, from first principles, so there’s something I don’t understand about all of them.”

Oh I love when an author can put into words my exact experience. This is going to be good. #momslearningtoo #lovethelibrary #allforhomeschool