I went to a Catholic high school. For Geometry, to fill-in for a year, the admin. brought in a retired, very old religious brother who probably earned his collar teaching kids in the 1920s. He was very rigid, had a clear process and system for teaching geometry. His teaching style, I thought at the time, was a window to the past, and very unusual by the early 90s. But If you followed his methods, you learned geometry.
Of course, a few of the kids (who weren't good students anyway) told their mommies things like "he doesn't let us ask questions" or "his system is old-fashioned and stupid" and a few activist mothers got this man fired.
I still learned geometry, and of course, the kids who complained still wound up doing poorly.
“and a few activist mothers got this man fired. “
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And shame on the school that did the firing.
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“His teaching style, I thought at the time, was a window to the past, and very unusual by the early 90s. But If you followed his methods, you learned geometry.”
Things like history, geography and such were taught differently than any mathematics.
You had to follow the equation through to the conclusion and most questions were answered by the time the equation was completed.
Hardheaded me took a while to figure that out. Sounds like you went with the flow and let the process work itself out.
My first lessons were from a great aunt who taught in a one room schoolhouse. Talk about a window into the past!
Her methods were probably very similar to his.