26. A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart
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Is Paul Lockhart a Good Teacher?
Paul Lockhart isn't a very good teacher apparently his kids don't learn very well. How many math teachers know enough about their subject to teach it that way saviativery few and that's just the tip of the iceberg next section mathematics in school there is surely no more reliable way to kill enthusiasm and interest in a subject than to make it a mandatory part of the school curriculum i second this included as a major component of standardized testing you virtually guarantee that the education establishment will suck the life out of itSchool boards do not understand what math is neither do educators textbook authors publishing companies and sadly neither do most of our math teachers, writes John McWhorter. The entire reform movement
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