Martha
>
> This is the problem I felt was not being addressed in much of the
> discussion. Our students do not have the same experiences to connect the
> ideas. We must work very hard to help make the connections. Yes, they do
> not work very hard but why should they when so often it is simply a check
> mark to be made on a sheet of paper toward a degree or certification. We
> must do a much better job connect what we do the rest of the world. We
> used to do it every day, when mathematicians were also many other things.
> Our Mathematics history is full of people in the world and out of this
> world we need both as Mathematicians but the public may need something
else.
>
> Vern
>
>
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