That’s 80% of the country you’re describing there. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t do a siesta in summer, and elderly people continue throughout the year
- working outside
- wood is a joy to work with: touch feels good, looks good, smells good too
- you get to build cool things that are actually useful like sheds, car ports, house extensions, bridges, even simple furniture
- when it's done, it's done
- it's both intellectual and physical work, it's good for your body and your mind
- learn new things
Some similarities; with a small amount of math, planning, and investment in understanding tools, you can quickly achieve things that the non-practitioners think are cool and useful. Plus the tactile experience provides a nice antidote to the endlessly ephemeral working experience of gazing on the computer screen.
> Can you imagine a hypothetical education system where students leave secondary school with an advanced-undergraduate level of mathematical maturity?
That would have been my dream.
> Why or why not?
Mathematics is the foundation of science, so that would have been helpful for my (then) future studies.
> What would such a system have to look like?
Not teaching algorithms to resolve problems, teaching from the source of the mathematical principles, I mean the practical issues that caused scientist to develop Math. I suppose that the Russian School of Mathematics[1] teaches Math that way, like in some Soviet books that were mainly practical.
Also, it is needed to have 5 hours per week of Math, to not have a fast pace when teaching kids. Math needs some time to "assimilate", and IMHO, 3 hours/week was not enough.
In this system, once you get out high school you could pursue the proofs of each theorem or a more inner and rigorous approach to learning Math.
I'm a big fan of the Soviet-era books, though they often require a degree of independence to fully appreciate. Perhaps schools should focus more on developing students' ability to self-teach.
What's the status of a work done without permission? I read that it is illegal and the court order it to be destroyed, but if it would not be destroyed, would the author regain the copyright after Tolkien works are in the public domain? Would it forever forbidden to be publicly available?
More info according to [1]. At 13:10 Redsys (a payment Gateway) experienced an outage for hours[2]. At least around 18:00 it was resolved because I bought some groceries without any issue.
Sorry I only found information about this in Spanish.
I doubt you are even from Europe (non-Russian).