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• Archive: Inscribed over the entrance of Plato’s Academy were the words, “Let no one ignorant of geometry enter my doors.” To ancient scholars, geometry was the gateway to gaining a profound knowledge of the world.$1#$ Today, geometry’s core skills of logic and reasoning are essential to success in school, work, and many other aspects of life.Like other math fields, geometry teaches us how to think.
• It leads students to uncover new truths based on already established ideas and facts.
• It requires us to test and examine the conclusions of others.
• It teaches us to lay out our thinking clearly, describing each step so that others can follow along and verify our results.This systematic way of thinking is essential in many fields.
• Drawing conclusions from experimental data is the basis of scientific discovery.