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DIARY: September 23, 1999 12:16 PM Thursday; Rod Welch

Received letter from Bill Benkavitch on new math.

1...Summary/Objective


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Humorous Examples New Math

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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 20 3136.
040502 -
040503 - Received, ref DRT 1 0001, a humorous letter from Bill tracing the
040504 - progression of culture through education teaching math, from 1950s
040505 -
040506 - The question gives the answer, and tells the student to simply
040507 - underline it, ref DRT 1 2069; and the question that says there are "no
040508 - wrong answers," ref DRT 1 5320, reflect "dumbing down" of education.
040509 -
040510 -     [On 991127 Uncle Jim commented on "new math." ref SDS 23 4320]
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040512 - There was some nostalga in the question phrased in the jargon of set
040513 - theory, because I got in at the beginning of this effort, as a high
040514 - school freshman in 1960 taking a special algebra class, so I relate
040515 - more to the question in Bill's list for 1970. ref DRT 1 3136
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040517 -     [On 991025 Ross says Ross is enjoying math and science at their
040518 -     new school in New York. ref SDS 22 0817]
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