17 Oct
2011
17 Oct
'11
2:43 p.m.
start by undoing a lot of what they had
previously been taught, such as
that PI was EXACTLY 22/7 ! (half a century ago, in elementary school, I
got into "big trouble" for telling a teacher that PI was NOT 22/7 !)
Aarrghh!! Is that what they teach in American schools?? That is *evil*. My mother once had a teacher who when his pupils were
bad, told them to
behave, otherwise he would teach them wrong. In his opinion that was the
worst punishment he could think of.
That would not work in the UK any more. In fact I think it would only
work with students who want to learn, and such students are unlikely to
mishehave in the first place (unless you count 'asking difficult but
relevant questions; as misbehaving).
-tony