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NotPhil  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Algebra Necessary?

    The debate shouldn't be about whether algebra, history, literature, writing, etc. are the proper material to teach students, or whether material focuses too much on memorization, or whether schools kill creativity.

I agree that our schools are broken, but if the problem isn't the subject matter (algebra, for instance), and the problem also isn't the method (memorization, for instance), what do you think the problem is?