Math curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

Math curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.
Paul Lockhart

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Why dont we want our children to learn to do mathematics Is it that we dont trust them that we think its too hard We seem to feel that they are capable of making arguments and coming to their own conclusions about Napoleon. Why not about triangles
- Paul Lockhart

Math curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on. Paul Lockhart

Math curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.
Paul Lockhart