widgets and drag-and-drop application design, do kids need to know math and science?
To make the world work, a certain number of kids will have to grow up and use math and science in their occupations. They need to know how it works from the ground up. A lot of kids shouldn’t be taught math, they can get answers other ways, for example, by using a calculator. We only teach math because we can teach it. It’s easy to teach, so we’ll teach it. We won’t ever question whether it’s right or wrong. But it keeps kids from getting where they could. At some age, I think we should let kids go in different directions, maybe by third grade. Q: Does social media, the ability to create, produce and publish, change our sense of being human? Anything that inspires you — a movie you watch, a book you read, or, best of all, something you create yourself — makes you feel you’ve done something worthwhile. The benefits in self-esteem last throughout your life. Even young kids understand that they have still done the work that created this Web version of them. Q: To end with a Valley-type
