Should Brilliant be Used in School to Help Students Learn?

Should Brilliant be used in school to help students learn? Why or why not? Tell me what you think. The Brilliant Staff can answer this question, and I'll answer it, too.

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I don't think brilliant should be used in schools; this is because there are very few self-driven kids in maths and sciences, and there are very few people who are actually talented in the field.

Krishna Karthik - 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Good to know! Thanks for your response!

Vishruth K - 2 months, 2 weeks ago

People who do maths and science must be driven; most people lack that drive and ambition for excellence and discovery. Brilliant should be for people who only want it, not for everyone.

Krishna Karthik - 2 months, 2 weeks ago

I think Brilliant should be used to help kids learn because they can learn many things in math and science, but I don't think Brilliant should be used to help kids learn because there might be other sites that teach all subjects just as well as Brilliant teaches math and science, and because Brilliant is a bit costly for Premium. If they make everything on Brilliant accessible to free accounts and if the Brilliant Staff makes courses that teach other subjects just as well as Brilliant teaches math and science, then this site could become a typical learning site for people of all ages.

Vishruth K - 2 months, 4 weeks ago

I’m working on that: creating stuff that doesn’t need premium to access to yet is useful. See this

Reply if you find it useful!

Jeff Giff - 2 months, 4 weeks ago

I thought the Mathathon was free, and the free daily riddles and courses are cool, as well as making problems, riddles, and discussions. But all the stuff on there, whoo, its hot! That'd definitely be useful for free users @Jeff Giff

Vishruth K - 2 months, 3 weeks ago

@Vishruth K – And I've been wanting to study the periodic table. The MadScience page and RadMaths are cool, @Jeff Giff!

Vishruth K - 2 months, 3 weeks ago

@Vishruth K – Thanks for your appreciation! You might like brilliant wiki as well, but its periodic table isn’t clear and specified enough :P

Jeff Giff - 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$