We used to learn mathematics in
school, how about additional mathematics?
I am an art stream student during my
high school, which means additional mathematics is not a compulsory subject.
But still, we can pick it as an elective subject. And yup, I attended the
class. Not just me, but almost everyone in the art class. Because we thought
mathematics is not difficult to learn, so additional mathematics will just like
a piece of cake.
For the first few weeks, everyone was
still remain in the class, trying to apply what have learnt and solve the
questions on tutorials. 2 months later, some students decided to drop the
subject. When it came to the third month, students started to wonder ‘Why do we
learn additional mathematics?’ ‘Do we need all this complicated staff when we
graduate?’
Besides, there were some comments
like ‘We will not going to use all this formula when we go to supermarket.’ ‘Basic
math is enough for us to survive in our community.’ ‘I know my future career,
nothing is going to work with math.’
As students leaving all this message
and leaving the class. The teacher was stepping out. She said: “Yes, you guys
may not have to work on all this complicated formula in your future life. But
how about logical thinking? In order to solve the question, you have to follow
step by step and using the correct way. Or else you will get stuck in the
middle. Besides, it helps to build your problem solving skills.”
After listening what had mentioned
by the teacher, I’m like “kind of true, maybe I should continue studying
instead of dropping the subject. Also, don’t make yourself focus on the grade
or score, but the process of studying.” At the end, I have finished the subject
until the day I graduated. And yup, I can’t deny I have gained at least 1% of
the logical thinking.
塑造邏輯思考的數學
如果有上學，就一定逃不掉數學課，但是附加數學就可以。
我高中的時候是文科班的學生，那就代表附加數學不是我的必修科目。但是，我們還是可以選修這門科目。是的，我就參與這堂課。不止是我，很多文科班的同學也都一起上這門課。因為我們大家都覺得數學沒有特別難學，所以附加數學也應該很容易上手。
一開始上課的前幾個星期，大家都還留在課室解題，努力地把老師在課堂教的運用在習題上。兩個月過後，班上開始有一些學生決定棄選這個科目。到第三個月的時候，學生開始有疑問“為什麼我們要學附加數學？”“我們畢業的時候真的需要這些複雜的東西嗎？”
除此之外，還有一些留言像是“我們絕對不會需要在菜市場使用這些公式。””基本的數學就足夠讓我們在這個社會活下去。”“我以後的職業絕對與數學沒有關係。”
由於學生們在棄選科目時留下了這樣的訊息，老師開始出面說話。她說：“是的同學們，以後你們的人生可能不會需要用的這些複雜的公式。但總不可能沒有邏輯思考吧？這些問題，是需要使用正確的方法然後一步步解答的，否則你將會卡在半路。另外，你也可以從中建立解決問題的技巧。”
聽完老師的話後，我覺得“很有道理，我應該繼續這門課而不是放棄。不要只專注在結果和成績，應該感受學習的過程。”最後，我繼續上附加數學這一科直到畢業考試。還有就是，不能夠否認我有得到至少1%的邏輯思考的養分。
Additional mathematics with logical thinking
We used to learn mathematics in school, how about additional mathematics?
I am an art stream student during my high school, which means additional mathematics is not a compulsory subject. But still, we can pick it as an elective subject. And yup, I attended the class. Not just me, but almost everyone in the art class. Because we thought mathematics is not difficult to learn, so additional mathematics will just like a piece of cake.
For the first few weeks, everyone was still remain in the class, trying to apply what have learnt and solve the questions on tutorials. 2 months later, some students decided to drop the subject. When it came to the third month, students started to wonder ‘Why do we learn additional mathematics?’ ‘Do we need all this complicated staff when we graduate?’
Besides, there were some comments like ‘We will not going to use all this formula when we go to supermarket.’ ‘Basic math is enough for us to survive in our community.’ ‘I know my future career, nothing is going to work with math.’
As students leaving all this message and leaving the class. The teacher was stepping out. She said: “Yes, you guys may not have to work on all this complicated formula in your future life. But how about logical thinking? In order to solve the question, you have to follow step by step and using the correct way. Or else you will get stuck in the middle. Besides, it helps to build your problem solving skills.”
After listening what had mentioned by the teacher, I’m like “kind of true, maybe I should continue studying instead of dropping the subject. Also, don’t make yourself focus on the grade or score, but the process of studying.” At the end, I have finished the subject until the day I graduated. And yup, I can’t deny I have gained at least 1% of the logical thinking.