Re(2): [MATHEDCC] L.A. Times article

Phil Mahler (mahlerp@middlesex.cc.ma.us)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:25:13 -0500

>Those nurses and poets show up a few years later determined to be
>doctors and have to virtually start over. If the mathematics is taught
>properly, all these students can learn the factoring, etc. and be better
>off for it.

But why does a doctor have to know how to factor?

They might be better off learning some basic statistics and how to model
disease transmission.

Phil Mahler
Middlesex CC
Bedford, MA

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