The December 8th New York Times' Sunday Review Section includes an editorial titled "Who Says that Math Has to Be Boring" (see link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/who-says-math-has-to-be-boring.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0 ) After reading the article, comment on the blog why math is to be perceived as boring. Additionally, state the author's views as well as yours. Be prepare to summarize the article for your classmates as well as relate your views and the author's before your classmates for extra credit.
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The problem isn't just math or stem oriented classes the American school system is all wrong and everyone is to blame. At home the parents don't really emphasize education spend more time working than supervising their children academics. Students are careless and easily distracted specially in low income communities where most think they'll some type of professional athlete or entertainer so school isn't required. And educaters value a hot pepper on "rate my professor" than to really educate. I favor more institutions like P-tech its bettering our communities but that's very little for a nationally corrupted school system.
ReplyDeleteI think the authors view point is that the American system of teaching stem is broken. Meaning that they need to improve on the methods of teaching because the generations don't stay the same so you can't have the same methods that you had a couple years back. I wouldn't only blame the teachers I feel like even if the student see stem as boring subjects if the parents did something like get a tutor that would make it look fun to their child would have improve the percentage of engineer or technology major. I myself can relates to that I have a teacher right now who makes me hate math and math was like my best subject in high school. I think America need to find a way to help improve the school system and they need to hire teachers that are excellent in teaching stem and maybe in the next five years we might have less than 2.4 millions stem jobs openings.
ReplyDeleteHow ironic is to see people who want to get a high pay in their jobs but they dont consider any math/science related careear in their plans! and how much they love their smartphones or any kind of electronics but dont think critically how profitable those business really are and the power they have on people. On the other hand, it is true.The American System of teaching these subjects is broken; its missing inspiration and reality. Unexperienced teachers want to teach something and dont show how useful and rewarding these careers are. Students must be exposed to numbers are an early age and students should show more interest for something as important as math is. Math is a universal lenguage, no matter where you go you will need the face up those kind of situations related to STEM. So yes, there is something wrong with the system but also with people.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of what the author is saying, and I think that if the suggestions that the author gives were to be put in practice we would see more adolescents interested in stem.But to me
ReplyDeleteeven thought the way we learn stem IS boring, i do not think these is the most pressing issue
to me the most pressing issue is that the people; the kids and adolescents learning stem, do not know the importance of it, the importance of stem in our lives. they do not know that are stem-related jobs the ones the can uplift you economically. they also dont know the impact of benefits that stem has brought to our lives.
I think that if they were to learn this, not only them but also their parents, we would see an increase in the kids and adolescents that are interested in stem. even if the way we learn it is boring
I agree with the concept of the STEM program.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the concept of the STEM program. With career specific programs, the kids learn the trade of the career they want. They start in 9th grade and get an early start. By the time they start their first two years, which they offer for free, they will be ahead of the game. By learning what they love and what they will use every day in their chosen careers they are never bored. If you teach kid what they want to know they will never be bored.
ReplyDeleteIf regular high schools catered to the trades the students are working toward I think there would a lot more success instead of failure.