I wish someone had read this when I was suffering through what they called “maths”

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http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf


Read it. Read it all. Read it now.

Especially if you have or teach children.



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Damn good essay. Informative, insightful, and eminently readable.

Thank you.

Too Long

[(Anonymous)]

It's far too long for me to read it all, but I've read the first couple of pages. And I have to say that all through my reading all I could think about was this rubbish maths subject Engineering Analaysis that I had to study to get my university degree. The parallels are remarkable.

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