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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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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yeah, i mean, i wish testing in the US were structured more like the GCSE exams in the UK (mind you, i mean the STRUCTURE, not the ADMINISTRATION, which is completely fucked). Every test is a subject test, you have to take X number. Colleges consider your INDIVIDUAL SCORES.
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