Been busy for quite sometime trying to figure out several designs I made for my handicraft. I am not all concentrated on one particular thing, if that happened my life would be very incomplete. I am a multi-tasker and it makes me happy when am busy most of the time.
Although there are certain factors that keep me unable to finish what I've started simply because of what matters to my family or to my kids at school on how they perform academically. Reading the letter from his teacher made me look at the letter, read twice and thrice and think hey there is something fishy about the used of words. I couldn't help but ignored it. Later on my husband got so concerned that he took out all the textbooks and notebooks from my kid's school bag. He had that very heavy textbook from school that he usually bring home. Hardbound book that weighs more than 2 pounds I think. Grabe naman. They have locker at school but since there is probably no extra time to get in to the locker area or whatever that stop him from storing the book there. Uhm hope not the same kind of situation that I watched on TV about those "bullies" and one student has to hide inside that metal locker. I brushed off whatever negative impression or imagination I have in my mind. Not the bullying topic that I have to discuss for today. That calls for another day.
So the problem has something to do with Math. Yes the most dreaded Mathematics of all numbers and equations the Math problem seemed to be the most inevitable subject and even you want to kick it out from our mind it always come back not letting go of the process.
The truth is I hate Math. Of all subjects it is so boring for me. I don't know why I took Economics when it deals with math numbers, statistics and the value of supply and demand. I used to take for granted Math since the invention of calculator. With this handheld mini gadget computation is made easy and accessible. However there are certain formula that no matter how freaking genius you are in using calculator still is the demand for analysis and the genetic requirement of math skills is very much needed in certain area or field of higher mathematics such as: Physics, Trigonometry, Geometry and Calculus. Include W in it = Engineering. You want to be an Eng Eng? There 'ya go you have to be a Mathematician first. Architects require wide knowledge in Math too so that they wont build skycrapers that could almost touch the sky. For we wont be able to know that the sky you reached is already the arc or the halo that covers the earth and what you get after that? When skycrapers are way too high within such a territory what's next after that is to build a flying machine that can go higher farther than the required height or above the limit . Upgrading most of the time. Upgrade and upgrade until you reach the next planet. By that time you're already dead. Rocketry! See math is no laughing stock it is not. Once those stupid plays havoc on your real stocks don't you get mad and some of these mad people go berserk and crazy, some of them will even kill and make war with the world. Some of them cannot count when in fact the reason why they were there is their real knowledge in accounting. Then it turned out they are super duper good in math they learned how to cheat . Duh! Dunno when is reality gonna set in when it's all deceit and full of lies out there?
Mathematical equations require focus and attention of the student in order for them to succeed. Priority is given to that subject alone. The result? That person may tend to devalue the knowledge in the arts and sciences. An individual cannot have the so called general factor IQ. There is only one person who had that intelligence > Dr. Jose Rizal who is almost god when it comes to the level of skills and intelligence. He of all human being is likened to a super computer.
There are individuals who are so good academically but that's all, mostly THEORETICAL once asked to apply the skills , you'll find out that it's all bogus? Some of these students are trained on manner of perfecting the skills through rote system but the main objective is for experimental not as application to real world job objective.
The real world is focus on and should be ON THE JOB TRAINING wherein you are trained face to face in applying your skills and then you get the job that you are trained for. In other words PRACTICALITY.
Applying skills based on what you will be after you graduate from school that is what should be the emphasis. You as a teacher don't apply techniques for soon to be astronaut, cosmonaut or future scientist in a school that is less funded or you can try that super human tech if that school is equivalent to MIT where students are into robotics!
