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Newsgroups: sci.math
From: rocketki...@juno.com (James B. Sibley)
Date: 30 Dec 2002 19:52:56 -0800
Local: Mon, Dec 30 2002 10:52 pm
Subject: Re: math ignorance = status symbol?
crueg...@capu.net (Chris) wrote in message <news:76a07486.0212301312.4c4c5f@posting.google.com>... I notice it is popular with the popular students. I am in AP calc and > Just an observation for discussion: > It is just me or do people nowadays treat math ignorance as > a bragging right? It almost seems that people feel *proud* > when they say "Oh I'm no good at math". Where does this come > from?! If this is how young people feel today no wonder the > USA gets trounced in comparative exam. Maybe there's no need > for concern. As Scott Adams points out in the Dilbert principle, > much of human advancement has been due to a few intellectual > mutations [e.g. Einstein, Newton, Edison] with the rest of the > human race going along for the ride and pursuing more important > things such as suing McDonalds. physics... those that "complain" about being bad at math and physics are the more popular students... I suppose that if I were one of them and I did not have anything to speak of... I would try to spark a conversation on how physics and calc is hurting my GPA. :-P James Sibley You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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