Re: [MATHEDCC] Re: AA without Math Requirement

John M. Flanigan (johnf@HAWAII.EDU)
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 14:48:24 -1000

Karen: The difference is: Society encourages people to "get over" fear of
flying and fear of heights (if not arachnophobia). Society rewards with
sympathy and commiseration a person's fear of math. It's hard to want to
conquor a fear when having the fear brings more reinforcement than
conquoring it would do.

John M. Flanigan <johnf@hawaii.edu> The equation is the final arbiter.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics --Werner Heisenberg
Kapi'olani Community College The scoreboard is the final arbiter.
Honolulu, Hawaii --Bill Walton

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 CoolMath2@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/4/98 8:35:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bracken@LCSC.EDU
> writes:
>
> << I have seen students with
> math anxiety so profound that I would equate it to other anxiety disorders
> that we generally treat with more respect -- fear of flying, etc. >>
>
> But people *can* get over the fear of flying, the fear of heights, the fear of
> sp-sp-sp-spiders, etc. It's a matter of exposure. Why should math be any
> different?
>
> Karen
> www.coolmath.com
> Orange Coast College
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