Post by Adriana Velez
Does it seem like everyone hates math? Does it seem like math is harder than any other subject in school? Why is that? Could it be... Hollywood? It sounds crazy, but frustrated math teacher Dan Meyer has created a mash-up of math references from movies and television. And wow. People in the movies really, really hate math. Good lord, this is what our math teachers and our kids are working against! Kids are constantly getting the message that math is hard and you're supposed to hate it.![]()
Does it seem like everyone hates math? Does it seem like math is harder than any other subject in school? Why is that? Could it be... Hollywood? It sounds crazy, but frustrated math teacher Dan Meyer has created a mash-up of math references from movies and television. And wow. People in the movies really, really hate math. Good lord, this is what our math teachers and our kids are working against! Kids are constantly getting the message that math is hard and you're supposed to hate it.