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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math and Humanities are both accelerated now a days but the Humanities requires more to get meaningfully further ahead.

Math is linear, rules based and the concepts build upon one another to be easily explainable and understood.  If I teach you 2+2, once you grasp the concept, understanding 3+3 is easy. Similarly, I can breakdown 2x2 back to its addition.  This continues all through math. Meaning once you grasp the concept you can solve the problems teachers place in front of you.  The challenge comes into applying the math in unsolved problems or using it in other fields to explain the info in a universal way(ie Science).

Humanities on the other hand(say English or History) requires a greater body of knowledge. It requires understanding of diverse languages, cultures, history, nuance.  The mechanics of certain writing styles can be taught but the understanding comes from consuming more information including experiences in life.  It’s the same reason you can read Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies in 8th grade but if you read it again or thought about it at 30 it takes on different meaning (or at least you understand it with greater depth).[/quote]

I disagree that this is limited to humanities. I'm starting to help my kids with Geometry and Calculus and I "see" so many more things and different ways to approach things now that I have a greater depth of knowledge after being exposed to Physics and Economics and higher-level math courses. [/quote]

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