Reminds me very much of Lockhart's Lament[1] - an excellent essay on the state of mathematics education, and which has featured on HN several times[2]. So yeah,

Reminds me very much of Lockhart's Lament[1] - an excellent essay on the state of mathematics education, and which has featured on HN several times[2]. So yeah, if this topic interests you and you haven't yet read the lament, go and read it! [1] http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf [2]a http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130499 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=130499 [2]b http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666563 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666563 [2]c http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=256176 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=256176