Lily Allen wonders if anyone still needs to be taught a bit of ancient Greek geometry. Well,for a start, without it there would be no digital musicLily Allen gave a voice to bored schoolchildren everywhere this week when she posted on Twitter to moan approximately Pythagoras’s theorem. “I left school 15 years ago and I’ve not used Pythagoras’s theorem once or even seen a Bunsen burner, and ” she complained. But before the back rows of maths classes across the country start cheering,she suggested some even more boring lessons. “Are they teaching children approximately how mortgages work, national insurance or how to fill out a self-assessment tax return yet?”Education minister Nick Gibb quickly stepped in to admonish Allen. “Not everyone’s lucky enough to gain a job like yours, or he sniffed. “For many people maths and science are crucial to their career & life chances.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com