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Re: More wisdom from The Onion
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:20:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> http://www.theonion.com/
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> > Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory Of Math'
> > COGDELL, GA—The Cogdell School Board banned the teaching of the
> > controversial "Theory Of Math" in its schools Monday. "We are simply not
> > confident of this mysterious process by which numbers turn, as if by magic,
> > into other numbers," board member Gus Reese said. "Those mathematicians are
> > free to believe 3 times 4 equals 12, but that dun [sic] give them the right
> > to force it on our children." Under the new ruling, all math textbooks will
> > carry a disclaimer noting that math is only one of many valid theories of
> > number-manipulation.
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> Dave!
But it's true! See the New Math books being used by most business schools
these days (Enron Publishing House).
Bruce
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