After reading the article, I felt the need to call my mom back to explain to her the often overlooked but imperative connection between literacy and mathematics. ... According to him, math in elementary school should impose less of the "drill-to-death" method. ... Math classes at that level begin to discourage that uninhibited curiosity by teaching students fixed steps to reach a specific solution. ... Calculators and computer science should not take the place of the psychic intellectual's need for justification of mathematical concepts. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had created a system of beliefs based on the teachings of ancient Greeks and Romans. ... These "truths" were backed by teachings of the Church and standard educational systems. ... At this point many people began to question the teachings of the Church. ...

• Word Count: 2877
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School