https://kindofidea.com/tags/survival-kit/ Recent content in Survival Kit on Kind of Idea Hugo en-US Sun, 11 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kindofidea.com/letter-to-young-mathematics-students-survival-kit-for-elementary-and-high-school-ebook/ Sun, 11 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://kindofidea.com/letter-to-young-mathematics-students-survival-kit-for-elementary-and-high-school-ebook/ <p>What Brazilian family does not have a story to tell about high-school mathematics? You will generally agree that it presents itself as a real monster terrorizing teenagers.</p> <p>Does it have to be this way? Can mathematics become fun?</p> <p>That was the question I had, because I was a victim of this teaching format focused on memorizing formulas and repeating procedures without even reflecting on them.</p> <p>Today, having graduated, I no longer have to get the grade or pass the year. Nor do I have to attend classes in that traditional format. The teacher speaks, the student listens, memorizes, and repeats.</p>