[plt-scheme] mathematicians lament

Teenagers who know what they're doing are less likely to get pregnant :)

m.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM, michael rice <nowgate at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> So, mandatory sex education should result in ... um, a lower birth rate?
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> Michael
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> --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Jon Rafkind <rafkind at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
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> From: Jon Rafkind <rafkind at cs.utah.edu>
> Subject: [plt-scheme] mathematicians lament
> To: "PLT-Scheme Mailing List" <plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu>
> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 10:28 AM
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> http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
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> This is a comment on the state of teaching mathematics. I'm not sure how old it is but a few parallels can probably be drawn to computer science (or maybe will be drawn in a few years). The first 3 pages are pretty amusing, at least.
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