I'll never forget my High School math teacher. I
was standing at the blackboard trying to solve a problem.
And she says to me ...."I've never seen anyone so stupid"
That pretty much did it for me as far as
mathematics was concerned. I avoided it like the plague.
My next encounter with math was a required college Statistics
class. Things went better because I was presented with ideas
and concepts.
Today, I ran onto a "math guy" I wish I had known
65 years ago. I hope you enjoy his lament as I did.
(You will have to cut and paste this link..sorry)
http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
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