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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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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There are a LOT of people like her who will use the blunt hammer of rote memorization and drilling to whiteknuckle their way through a C-minus grade in Algebra 2 and a 550 on the SAT math portion and then never, ever think about the topic again Is it worth it
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