Are we so occupued with digital gadgets that we forget the basic of studies ? Few days ago, I comes across a news where a company was surprised to find that the candidate for an interview unable to solve basic maths. They talk a lot about reels, social media and other digital life, but unable to answer a simpler mathematics question. This really push me to the edge of the seat.
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In my days, maths used to be our favourite subject. My parents alwsys insisted on getting the basics right. From revising the mathematical table to solving various question of length and measurement to time and distance. Those were challenging topics for us and solving even a single question gives us immense satisfaction. I remember, I used to collect all rhe spare pages of notebook and made a seperate notebook. Only to practice maths question. My Dad used to say that the more we practice the better we get. And that were thr golden words. As Math is not something that we can memorise. It is all about practice and finding different ways of solving question. Every math question has multiple ways, and discovering each of them used to be fascinating things.
But now seems the craze for mathematics has lost its charm in the digital lifestyle. The introduction of calculators, coputers, and even tye Google made mathematics very easy. You can search the question and all the answer are readily available. I have seen many kidd rather than trying and practicing, simply search the answer on the internet. This may appears to be easy way but the practice is not sensible equation for the long run.
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The question that were asked to those candidate was too simpler. It was to find the average speed. But GenX are not ready to cope up with mathematical skills. I hope people take note of this and make sure their kids get strong hold in mathematics.
In good faith - Peace!!
