To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls.
Chebyshev
A Math Teacher who Writes (or a Writer who DOES MATH). Charles Bukowski said: "I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say" Seems like a perfectly fine rationale to me.
Showing posts with label thought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thought. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Daily Thought
Tests are one measure, NOT the purpose, of education.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Daily Thought
The person ignorant of mathematics will be increasingly limited in his grasp of the main forces of civilization.
John Kemeny
John Kemeny
Friday, May 13, 2011
Daily Thought
When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.
Plato
Plato
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Daily Thought
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
- Alexander Pope
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Daily Thought
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
~ George S. Patton
~ George S. Patton
Monday, May 9, 2011
Daily Thought
More teachers rely on coercion and extrinsic inducements, the less likely students are going to be interested in what they are induced to do.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Daily Thought
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct
it.
Orlando A. Battista.
it.
Orlando A. Battista.
Daily Thought
The end of the school year approaches.
It is always bitter sweet for me.
It is always bitter sweet for me.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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