They deny that everyday routines like counting money, predicting prices, or balancing a checkbook qualify as math practice even when they are not in class.
She said at the beginning of the piece that this was her view based on her data and study on the subject, so don’t go telling the group chat.
That you constantly overspend because you have some “math trauma.” She said that Covid served to draw attention to the problems.
In the educational system that can prevent certain kids from receiving the assistance they need to succeed in particular disciplines, such as arithmetic.
“Let us not be the reason students feel discouraged or traumatized from pursuing math or another STEM subject,” she said.
