As a somewhat recent high-school graduate (2005) I must say that I don't think that all the countless proofs we did in geometry helped my logical reasoning that much. I think that programming helped that 100x more than geometry did.<div>
<br></div><div>Jason<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:40 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@seberino.org">chris@seberino.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm teaching high school math to homeschoolers and I'm looking for how to make<br>
geometry year meaningful.<br>
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I'm having a "crisis of confidence" because from my viewpoint, algebra was 10x<br>
more useful for future math and science work.<br>
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The only thing I can remember that was useful from geometry was a few volume<br>
and area formulas. That can justify maybe a month but not a whole YEAR of<br>
geometry!?!?<br>
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cs<br>
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P.S. Yes yes I know that geometry is meant to teach logical reasoning. Maybe<br>
one can get that from chess, debate club and other activities as well if<br>
not better? People also say geometry is where you learn proofs. Couldn't<br>
proofs be just as easily emphasized in all the other math classes?<br>
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