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Message from discussion A Mathematician’s Lament,by Paul Lockhart
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 More options Oct 27 2011, 11:01 pm
From: Karen Hyams <karen.hy...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:01:39 -0700
Local: Thurs, Oct 27 2011 11:01 pm
Subject: Re: [DSM] A Mathematician’s Lament,by Paul Lockhart
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This was the only benefit to studying algebra for me - I could see that
while the process of math did not fit me, it was a beautiful way of
expressing the world. I think mathematics are an art form now, in spite of
my poor grades in the subject.

Karen

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jim Whiteford <jw46...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Someone like myself, who struggled with the extreme irrelevance of maths in
> school, finds it almost unthinkable that the subject may be philosophical,
> subjective and creative - it doesn't fit in the paradigm I've grown
> accustomed to, and absorbed through osmosis, a kind of cultural
> conditioning.

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*My recent work:
http://www.karenhyams.com/
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