I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?
Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.
Instead of five hundred thousand average algebra teachers, we need one good algebra teacher. We need that teacher to create software, videotape themselves, answer questions, let your computer or the iPad teach algebra... The hallmark of any good technology is that it destroys jobs.
I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there.
My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.
As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.