Computers are quickly becoming more advanced. They will soon be able to rival humans at tasks that include learning through repetition( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gWmRkYsLzB4 ), tasks like maths.



AI will be widely available in the near future and it will do all the tasks that we are currently teaching our children to do in their Maths GCSE in mere seconds. At the moment we are trying to compete with computers on their own turf where we are sure to lose. This is why we need to teach our children maths in a new light. One that machines wont see for many more years...



I propose that instead of teaching our children how to use equations which computers can do for them we teach them maths as a way of thinking as a language. (Much like we currently teach the iGCSE Computer Science course). I am not saying just to rip out all of the pages in our maths books (as we will still need a basic understanding of how this works) but to cut down on the mindless memorisation of equation after equation. I believe that not only will this petition improve our children’s future but also their school life. After all it is not an just urban myth that maths is a hated subject by most children so hopefully this change will allow them to see it in a new light.



To conclude our children’s futures are in danger and we need to adapt to overcome the threat of technology by updating our school systems to have a less robotic curriculum. After all I don’t want my children to grow up out of work, do you?