Bringing Science and Math Into Writing?

Posted by kdawson on Saturday September 8, 2007 @07:08PM from the lighting-the-fire dept.

I am an eighth grade English teacher. As much as I love my subject and believe in the value of skillful writing, I also believe that there is a terrible lack of interest in the sciences and maths among students in general. In some sense, I believe English to be a support subject for the others classes at this grade level. At my school, the average science classroom has time for labs and note taking, but reading and writing on the subject (beside textbooks) is usually limited. Math is in a similar situation: they have time to learn a concept and practice, but not to linger on possibilities. Therefore, I have two questions for the readers of Slashdot: which books / shows / movies caused a curiosity towards these subjects when you were young, and what suggestions do you have for incorporating these subjects into writing?

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Re:You're doomed by blahplusplus · 2007-09-09 09:10 · Score: 0, Troll

"It's just a load of crap to put all the responsibility for education on the institution. The degree to which a student accepts personal responsibility is what mainly determines how far he can go in school and out."

It's not a LOAD of crap, as many /.'ers attested to in modding me up. Many of them OLDER, WISER and more professionally employed then you sir. They've had a lot of time to think on it and came to the same conclusions. This doesn't mean this applies to YOU specifically, but it sure did apply to THEM.