Stop intimidating children on Math and science grades.

Wringing our hands over U.S. students' lagging scores in math and science always spoken of as though they were the same thing is now a feature of our national life. Creativity and curiosity drive science. Math is a discipline of curiosity not of creativity; it is the tool, not the driver. It will tell the inventor, scientist and entrepreneur how to get there, but not where to go. For years, literature teachers have been scaring off students by suggesting that Shakespeare, Tolstoy or James Joyce are difficult to read. Now these math-and-science preachers are scaring off students from the adventure of science.
true not everyone is good at math, but math is always a requirement in life. true if you are a business manager you aren't going to need to know the math a particle scientist will need. But that isn't the point, we focus much on math because teachers want us to know how math works.
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