[lbo-talk] The rape of education continues

[// ravi]

On Jun 2, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Alan Rudy wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:13:14 +0000 (UTC) 123hop at comcast.net writes:
>>> I learned new math when I came to the U.S. in 1963, and I thought it
>>> was wonderful...
>> 
>> I had new math back in the mid-1960s and liked it, but I think
>> that project was a failure for most students because instruction
>> was pitched at too abstract a level and most teachers simply
>> lacked the training in set theory (most school teachers
>> I don't think knew who Frege, Russell, or Whitehead
>> were) to understand what it was
>> all about and to convey that understanding to young children.
>> 
>> 
> My dad, the physicist/mathematician/engineer PhD never mentioned those guys
> but probably had them in mind any time he helped me with my math.

Or perhaps he was thinking of Cantor. :-)

	—ravi