What Schools Forget
Dan MurphyExposing how we traded educational freedom for institutional control, one forgotten historical truth at a time.
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The Bridge of Donkeys
“Isn’t it obvious? A triangle with equal sides must have equal angles!”
The art teacher at my school said this while substituting for my geometry class when we were doing proposition 5 of Book I. In retrospect, this was a bad idea. This pr...
The Trick That Makes Kids Hate Math
A classroom of eyes was looking on in anticipation. I had just written this problem on the board:
That’s impossible! You can’t divide by a fraction! That’s crazy!
The class was buzzing. They wanted to get to the bottom of this mysterious...
Don't Teach Fractions. Not Yet.
Fractions are where math stops making sense for many kids. Not because they're hard. Because we teach them backwards.
Euclid spent four books on ratios. He never wrote a fraction. That's not an oversight but a roadmap we've ignored.
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How to Study Euclid's Elements
Johnny (not his real name) stands at the board in my geometry class. He’s done everything right so far. He has drawn the diagram, labeled the points, followed every construction step.
I ask him: “Do you have a proof?”
Silence.
Not becaus...
Nobody Teaches Arithmetic Anymore
I think I’ve struck a chord…
This is the third time this article (with minor changes) has been published by sites other than my own Substack. First published on the Australian Classical Education Society, then by the CiRCE Institute in the...
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