I think that is my point and Val's, though, Jon.
That without that emphasis on applied deductive reasoning, it is just sort of a jumble of memorized formulae having to do with areas and distances of plane figures.
That isn't what geometry should be teaching.
I'm guessing that you first saw the subject some time after 1990? That seems to be when this shift first occurred.
No, I think I had the applied deductive reasoning thingy with proofs. I just didn't see the point of proofs generally or the applied deductive reasoning.
Geometry seemed quite boring me, which is why I just wanted to get through it and move on.
My general approach to math was as something that I could absorb and do faster than other people to beat them in math competitions.
Which was kind of my approach to school in general.
My purpose wasn't to learn, rather it was to win.
