Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

Teaching begins in Chapter 73.

After two or three days of casual conversation, Rudius began to incorporate some teaching content into their chats.

Teaching math is not about handing out exercises.

Rudius had seen too much "cramming education" in his previous life, which involved giving questions, doing questions, checking answers, and repeating the same cycle over and over again.

That's not teaching, that's training.

True teaching is about helping the other person understand, not about making them do it.

Rudius now prefers to understand mathematics as a language to teach others.

Learning a language requires "using" it, not "memorizing" it.

That's why he started by talking about chatting.

Rudeus only needs to gradually take over the conversation during casual chats, and Alice will unconsciously and without feeling disgusted receive the knowledge that Rudeus wants to teach her.

Let Alice learn naturally through "use".

The purpose of the whole process is to bypass Alice's psychological defenses and to bypass the "being educated" thing that Alice hates.

Kyrie Irvine himself has a strong desire to learn, and Rudius can guide the conversation naturally in the direction he wants.

For example, when discussing the allocation of resources during adventures, Rudeus can directly tell Kyrie Io how to solve this problem.

This actually stemmed from his insights about "measurement" while teaching Silphi.

For modern people, perhaps excluding external interference factors, it would be very simple to calculate how many jerky items, how many bottles of water, and how many days of travel are left, using numbers.

However, Rudius incorporated measurement into his teaching.

Where exactly does mathematics begin for a child who has no concept of math?

Rudius looked at the wooden board used to teach mathematics and the pebbles on it.

Instead of using these teaching tools for the time being, we actually found some dried meat.

Let's start by counting the jerky!

However, that's too easy—Gilead is studying very seriously, but Alice doesn't think much of Rudeus.

Not being able to do arithmetic doesn't mean you can't count.

Moreover, Rudius discovered that Alice could actually perform addition.

Hiring so many private tutors did have some effect.

Every teacher started by teaching addition, so even if they were all fired, after teaching it so many times, Alice, no matter how much she hated it, still learned it.

Just like Rudeus in his previous life, who always scored in single digits in English tests.

But he can still answer "How are you?"

He will also say "I'm fine, thank you" after that.

It's not because I'm willing to learn, but because I've heard it so many times.

Just because the educational method is disgusting doesn't mean the content itself won't get into your brain.

Rudeus understood this principle quite well, but Alice was completely clueless about it and couldn't explain it to her.

Rudius couldn't blame Alice for thinking the teaching content was too childish.

Being able to perceive the curse of knowledge requires a certain level of skill.

This contradiction cannot even be resolved through reasoning.

Rudeus thought to himself, "If only Alice were like me, or like Sylphie—in the early stages of my reincarnation, as I slowly grew up, Rudeus always gladly accepted Senis's patient explanations."

Looking back now, it's as if I can still hear Senis gently saying, "This is a loaf of bread."

Well, Rudius just loves Senis so much that he doesn't care what she's saying or whether it's childish or not; he's just happy to hear her voice.

Sylphie also harbors feelings of affection for Rudeus.

Because she liked him, even if Sylvie couldn't understand what Rudeus was saying, she would remember what he said.

This phenomenon of remembering what the other person said is also common in romantic relationships.

At the same time, being able to remember something after hearing it only once is also a manifestation of the flow phenomenon.

In his previous life, Rudius could get a perfect score in math simply by attending classes.

No need for pre-class preparation, review, or homework; you only need to listen to what the teacher says in class.

That's it.

To put it simply, what is learning?

Learning is imitation; learning is hearing what others say and then memorizing it.

At this point, interest is the best teacher.

The old men and women at the village entrance might give people the impression of being "stupid" and "incapable of learning".

They might think that they are a group of people who have no connection with the word "learning".

Do they know the village's population and neighborly relations like the back of their hand?

What is the "intelligence" they are most interested in and exchange every day?

If this isn't "studying," then what is it?

It could be liking someone, or simply finding something interesting.

Rudius believes that even if someone sees a female streamer who is very seductive and memorizes her ID because of desire, it is essentially a learning process.

Naming the folder "Study Materials" is both legitimate and reasonable.

Lifelong learning is actually a passive skill for human beings.

It's impossible for people not to learn; the only question is what they learn.

Alice's problem is that she hates studying and hates teachers, so Rudius has to teach her math while maintaining a safe distance. The first step is to help her grasp the concepts of mathematics.

Therefore, we should not start with "1+1=2", but with "what is a number" and "why we need to count".

Rudius tried to get Gilead to count what was in the room that was "1".

For example, this room contains only Rudius, "1" man, "1" wooden box, and "1" quill pen —

Is it surprising?

When teaching swordsmanship, Kyrie Irvine, who could have been completely rational and given logical advice, showed a thoughtful expression as he observed the items in the room, making Alice a little anxious.

The fact that Gilead could offer such advice based on observation shows that he must be a very thoughtful person.

But the fact that he was completely ignorant of mathematical concepts—and was even pondering them—shows that Kyrie Irvine lacked the concept of automated mathematics.

Rudeus genuinely thought that these illiterate people from the Holy Land of Swords were amazing; how did they manage to do that?

Is it about focusing solely on the way of the sword?

So, is this what the Sword God meant by Gilead's description of Gilead abandoning his wildness in the original work?

Kyrie I wanted to learn and began to think about things beyond swordsmanship, so the Sword God judged him as "someone who cannot improve."

?

Looking back, Alice in the original story only became illiterate again after being trained in the Holy Land of Swords.

It seems that the Holy Land of Swords is full of extraordinary beings.

In fact, during those two or three days of casual conversation, listening to Gilead's adventure stories, Rudeus had mentally complained more than once, "Why aren't you dead yet?!"

The adventures of Gilead are simply too outrageous.

They were so hungry they were eating shit, yet they could still fight while having diarrhea?

Is this reasonable?

Rudius was so impressed by Rudius's "idiotic" behavior that he wondered if the guy was deliberately trying to cause trouble.

Are you just recklessly courting death because you think you're in great physical condition?

Look at the thoughtful Gilead, and then look at Alice, who is so anxious that she has started grinding her teeth.

After Gilead finally finished counting the "1s" in the room, Rudius asked again, "Then which ones are the "2s"?"

Finally, after Gilead slowly finished saying "chair," Alice couldn't hold back any longer and pointed to the window, exclaiming, "It's the window! Gilead! The window!"

Seeing Alice's anxious expression, Rudeus realized for the first time that she also had a cute side.

Overwhelmed with joy, Rudius suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked at Girenius, saying, "Girenius, please extend one hand."

"Oh," Kyrie Irvine said, though he was a little surprised, he still reached out his hand without thinking.

Noticing that Gilead did not hesitate, Rudeus tilted his head.

Shouldn't you think about it?

Doesn't this essentially utilize the concept of "1"?

Is it too easy?

Was it through repetitive indoctrination, similar to how Alice learned addition, that Gilead made him act without hesitation?

Or did Gilead try to learn mathematics?

After all, most people start learning math by counting on their fingers.

Rudius decided to increase the difficulty, so he asked, "Gilead, hold up three fingers."

Then they saw Girenau looking at his hands, clearly caught in a moment of hesitation—

Unsurprisingly, Alice started to panic again.

With the help of his other hand, Gilead pulled out three fingers on his hand.

Rudius turned to Alice and said, "Lady Alice, how many fingers would you like Gilead to hold up?"

"What?" Alice looked at Rudeus in surprise, and tried to say, "Four?"

Upon hearing this, Rudius turned to look back at Girenius, who then looked at his own hand and pulled out another finger.

"Ah!?" Alice exclaimed, rushing forward to cover Girenius's hand. "No, this is too easy. Girenius, you should take your fingers back and start over."

Kyrie Io wagged its tail and let Alice pull her fingers back.

"Alright, let's start counting!" Alice released her grip and said with satisfaction.

Rudeus watched with a smile as Alice joined the game.

After seeing her play twice more, to prevent Alice from getting bored, Rudius interjected, "Let's play a finger-counting game."

"How do we play?" Alice, who was having a great time, immediately asked.

Rudius pointed to the jerky on the table and said, "How about you eat a piece of jerky if you answer correctly?"

"Dried meat?" Alice looked at the dried meat in confusion.

Gilead immediately fixed his gaze on the jerky.

Thus began a three-person game in which Alice posed questions and Kyrie and Rudeus answered them.

Because it was too unfair for Gilead to answer questions quickly, Rudius set a rule that those who answered correctly could eat jerky.

Rudyus: "Gileado, you can't look at my answers!"

"Oh!" Kyrie Irvine replied, swallowing hard.

But my gaze still drifts toward the jerky.

"Look how hungry this child is," Rudius muttered to himself.

"How about this, we take turns answering the questions. If someone gets it wrong three times in a row, they can't eat the jerky, and someone else has to take the questions!" Rudius added.

Rudius initially did not want to introduce a punishment mechanism, as the feeling of failure would dampen enthusiasm for learning.

However, Gilead is too distracted; we must take action!

Lord Sword King's mental fortitude is definitely strong enough to withstand it!

Moreover, a hand only has five fingers, and with three chances given, even using the process of elimination, there is a considerable probability of guessing correctly.

In fact, Gilead was almost never made a series of mistakes thanks to the incentive of the jerky.

The small amount of dried meat was quickly devoured by the two of them. Not quite satisfied, Alice looked at the empty plate and shouted, "I'll go get some more dried meat!" before running out of the room.

Rudeus used magic to create water, washing the salty taste from his mouth into his stomach.

Kyrie Irvine was also drinking the water Rudeus had made, and judging from the frequency of her tail wagging, she was in a good mood.

Just now, under the "pressure" of the food, Rudeus could clearly feel the "progress" of the Sword King.

I've been thinking about how to pique Alice's interest, but I haven't considered improving Kyrie's efficiency as well.

It seems that putting some pressure on Gilead is the right thing to do.

When answering the question, unlike Kyrie Irvine who would count on his fingers while thinking, I did not do so.

Rudyus answered the question in a flash.

If Rudius were given a set of addition and subtraction problems within ten as his homework, he could write three answers per second at his current speed.

This speed is not because he can only calculate this fast, but because his hand speed is the only way he can write.

It's my hand speed that limits my expression.

In fact, the moment Rudius saw it, he was finished.

To be honest, let alone addition and subtraction within ten, even addition and subtraction within one hundred makes no difference to Rudius.

You can tell the answer at a glance.

"Rudeus," Kyrie Irvine called out, turning to Rudeus.

"Um?"

"Is this how you learn arithmetic?" Kyrie Irvine asked, puzzled.

"That's right," Rudius affirmed with a smile.

"Oh," Kyrie Irvine replied casually.

Rudius recalled the game he had just played, which seemed to have linked mathematics with finger dexterity.

Memories of being a thug and the primary school math teacher from my past life surfaced.

The one who got hit wasn't Rudeus, but his good friend from his previous life.

That was a punishment used by math teachers to prevent students who were bad at math from relying on their fingers.

Looking back now, didn't doing that only make the child's "mathematics" level worse?

Rudius recalled another instance where Feifei's nose bled after being hit by the math teacher.

There's a reason why Fei Fei can't get into high school — Rudeus sighed inwardly.

Rudius at that time also believed that his teacher was right.

But now that I think about it again...

Why can't mathematics be associated with fingers?

Aren't fingers the earliest and most natural mathematical tools for children?

Forbidding finger-cracking is like forbidding a toddler from holding onto a wall.

Don't you install training wheels when learning to ride a bicycle?

The children whose hands were hit were not "dependent" on their fingers, but were using their fingers to build mathematical concepts.

Banning this stage is tantamount to cutting off their bridge to abstract thinking.

Rudius remembered that when he was a child, some people would go out of their way to learn how to use an abacus—wasn't that just a more advanced version of a finger?

So, is an abacus useful in another world?

"Thump, thump, thump." The sound of hurried footsteps rang out, and under Kyrie's gaze, Alice ran in carrying a plate of dried meat and placed it on the table.

Rudeus casually made a glass of water and handed it to Alice, then used wind magic to close the door.

Breakfast is sorted out now — should we count some more bread tomorrow?