Some people suggested minor in English, and others suggested minor in mathematics. Do you agree?

In recent years, it has been suggested from time to time that English should be regarded as a minor subject, because many people have no application environment after learning English, and there is no need for China people to learn foreign languages if they don't go abroad. It has also been suggested that mathematics can also be used as a minor subject, because mathematics is too difficult, and besides arithmetic, we may not need much mathematical knowledge in our daily life.

In my opinion, English can be turned into a minor subject, and mathematics is an unshakable main subject, and we must not lower our status because mathematics is difficult to learn.

Look at two first. Really? Jokes? 1. Recently, I heard a friend tell a true story that happened in Australia.

During the epidemic, Australia stipulated that only 20 people could enter a restaurant, including waiters and customers. In other words, if the restaurant has 1 waiter, then 19 customers are allowed to eat; When there are five waiters in the restaurant, only 15 customers are allowed to enter. This simple problem of addition and subtraction within 20 years can be done by primary school students in China, but it is a little scratching their heads for Australians, and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are often not the right numbers.

No more surprised than I don't know. It sounds funny and incredible, but it really happened in Australia, which shows that their basic mathematics education is really much worse than that in China.

2. For what? Education kingdom? For Britain, isn't it also learning from China's mathematics teaching in recent years? Not to mention students. Adults in Britain can't even recite the multiplication table. If you can figure out 8*9, you are already better than former British Prime Minister David Cameron!

In addition, when shopping in the UK with 6 yuan, never give the cashier one 10 and one 1, otherwise the cashier's sister will definitely look at you: Obviously 10 is enough, why should I give it to you 1?

2065438+In July 2006, the British government announced that it would invest 4 1 10,000 pounds in the next four years, so that 8,000 primary and secondary schools in the UK could learn mathematics textbooks from China and Shanghai, and improve the mathematics foundation of British students. And nick, the secretary of state of the British Ministry of education? Gibb is confident that Britain can learn from China's educational experience. I believe that we will let young people lay a better foundation for their future study and work, instead of' not knowing math? The spell will also be a thing of the past. ?

I don't know if the math level of British students has improved after four years. Did you remember the multiplication formula?

Why is the position of mathematics unshakable? China's basic mathematics education is really the world leader. I once saw a video of a junior high school student solving a quadratic equation in front of a British professor, which startled the professor and bowed directly to the students. The video can't be uploaded, you can search it.

Mathematics is a basic subject, which should be studied and mastered by all arts and sciences students. We can use math every day. If we don't know math, we can say that we can't move. At least we should spend money on shopping with arithmetic, right? For advanced mathematics, calculus matrix theory, etc. , is to lay the foundation for a higher level of learning and academic research.

Mathematics exercises the ability of logical thinking and rigorous thinking, and mathematics is the basis of physics, chemistry, computer, economy and other disciplines. Generally speaking, it is impossible to rejuvenate the country through science and technology without mathematics as the foundation.

To cultivate mathematical thinking, we should start from an early age. Without the arithmetic foundation of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the accumulation of proof questions and the recitation of formulas, it is impossible to establish a mathematics building in the future.

In the study of mathematics, students who are difficult to learn think it is a heavenly book, and some students think it is interesting to solve math problems. The main reason for not learning mathematics well is that the interest in mathematics has not been cultivated and the way of thinking has not been fully established. This is a problem for students, and it is also related to teachers' teaching.

In mathematics teaching, it is extremely important to guide students' interest and explain in simple terms, rather than just memorizing from books, so that students can engage in sea tactics. If you don't know how to integrate, you will never learn math well.

Why can English become a minor subject? I don't deny that learning English is very important, but I don't think English can be important enough to become a major subject.

Children in China may learn English from prenatal education, and some of them can read the original Harry Potter in English before entering primary school. Most children have no environment for English learning and communication, just to lay a good foundation and cram for the future senior high school entrance examination and college entrance examination.

Learning English can be regarded as a hobby. Advanced type? Discipline.

For example, we want to play or study abroad and communicate with foreign friends. If we master English, we can use it as a tool, but if we don't, we can achieve our goal through translators or translation tools.

Just like driving test, you can live a normal life without driving, but it will be more convenient to learn. This is just a skill.

As for the international exchange of academic research, if you learn a foreign language well, you can write foreign language papers more skillfully and show China's scientific research achievements to the whole world, but this is an advanced promotion, which is not the level that everyone must reach from the student stage.

Conclusion In a word, in my mind, the main subjects in primary and secondary schools should be Chinese, mathematics and history. Mathematics must adhere to its position as the main subject, while foreign languages need to weaken its importance.