Friday, May 23, 2008

On the Utility of Mathematics

I just had an interesting exchange with the grandmother of one of my PreCalculus students. She came into the classroom and looked at all the symbols and whatnot on the board. Then she said, "So tell me, how does all this math help you in your life?"

I said, How does music help you in yours? They are the same thing.

3 comments:

fiona-h said...

and what did she say to that?

thinking...thinking...thinking said...

Nothing. I shoved her out of my classroom and down the stairs.

Zootenany Hoodlum said...

that does not leave a lot of room for further discussion