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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
- Newsgroups: sci.math,misc.education
- Subject: Re: Is Math Hard?
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- Date: 9 Nov 92 13:17:08 GMT
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- In article <9NOV199206213246@comet.nscl.msu.edu> burtt@comet.nscl.msu.edu (BRIAN BURTT) writes:
- >In article <1dku2bINNdar@darksttar.UCSC.EDU>, ask@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Andrew Stanford Klingler) writes...
- >> P.S. Burtt does seem perilously close to whining here. Actually, we
- >> all do, on this and related threads. It was my impression that this
- >> newsgroup represented a slice of the mathematical "elite". It would
- >> be very surprising if, given normal childhoods, most of us were *not*
- >> bored and, in retrospect, "underutilized". Sure, it's a problem -
- >> just not a very shocking one.
- >
- > If I seemed to be whining, I apologize profusely. I consider
- >myself very lucky because I survived the system, with my goals and dreams
- >intact. I've had many friend, however, who were not as lucky. For them,
- >let me make the point, students should be able to realize their full
- >potential with the full assistance and support of the educational system,
- >rather than having to fight it tooth-and-nail all the way. The word
- >"graduate" should sound a lot less like "battle-worn veteran."
- >--Brian Burtt
- >
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