>From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-- Natives in the calss room
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:34:35 -0700
>
>Some people may think that learning math is as unnecessary as learning
>another language. That's so untrue. Math and statistics are:
>1- ways to communicate ideas and observations.
>2- ways to design experiments to test ideas, and prove or disprove claims.
>3- ways to develop critical thinking skills to make better sense of the
>world and filter out the everyday BS we have to deal with. There is so
>much
>crap being fed us by television and other media. A basic understanding of
>statistics will make you a smarter consumer and voter.
>
>And like you said, Richard, one doesn't have to learn math or any other
>subject to the exclusion of other subjects! And like Rob C said, just do
>it-- be passionate about something and then you'll have an easier time
>learning the necessary math and statistics!
>
>--
>Jay DeLong
>Olympia, WA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
> > Of DasArm_at_aol.com
> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:12 PM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-- Natives in the calss room
> >
> >
> > I just wanted to clarify that the reason I said that is that the study
>of
> > native fishes, in comparison to mathematics would probably be more
> > interesting to kids in school because it just seems like it would
> > be the more
> > "charismatic" course out of the two. All of the wierd and
> > interesting facts
> > there are to be learned about native fishes seem like they would "out
>do"
> > math when competing for kids' interest.I know many people that
> > think of math
> > as being somewhat dry and dull in comparison to history or
> > science. But it is
> > still necessessary to learn math, and it helps to learn math if you can
> > cultivate an interest in it.
>
>
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