One thing you’ll notice if you look at more of Mike Lawler’s blog is that he is consistently very optimistic and upbeat. Trying to cut that down with pedantic c

One thing you’ll notice if you look at more of Mike Lawler’s blog is that he is consistently very optimistic and upbeat. Trying to cut that down with pedantic cynicism based on your own projected idea of his intent is pretty sad. The context here is one dad who does frequent (weekly?) Socratic-style math lessons with his kids as a long-term family ritual, where they explore a broad range of topics both inside and outside the usual math curriculum. This is not supposed to be an isolated example problem you can just drop down on a completely unprepared student and forever change their life in 10 minutes, and nor is he suggesting that.