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Posted by: TammyK, December 28, 2010, 7:47am

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

Posted by: DonH, December 28, 2010, 3:39pm; Reply: 1

Enjoyed this thoroughly! Thanks!

Posted by: MollyE, August 27, 2012, 3:37am; Reply: 2

That was a great read.

Thanks for posting!
Molly

Posted by: RebeccaL, September 1, 2012, 8:51am; Reply: 3

thought-provoking and hilarious. The two best lines: Why Geometry occurs in between Algebra I and its sequel remains a mystery. and: TRIGONOMETRY. Two weeks of content are stretched to semester length by masturbatory definitional runarounds.

MATH = one of the reasons I homeschool

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