I think this article - "A Mathematician's Lament" by Paul Lockhart - is something everyone should read Not exactly an answer to your questions and not exactly aimed at math beginners, unfortunately, but it's a really engaging rant about this topic https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf …https://twitter.com/graciegcunning/status/1298804338727489536 …
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She's got a dream school lined up where she's already done stuff like correspond with profs in the literature department, but it's her math grades that threaten her chances of getting in
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Even though she's very clear that in college and in her adult life she will "avoid math if at all possible" And you can tell her that she's wrong, and that she needs to pass Algebra 2 to be a well rounded person and lead a full adult life But you'd obviously be lying
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