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People hate math formalism because it only makes sense if you already understand it.

• agumonkey 12y ago
  how to teach recursion
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  • mariodiana 12y ago
    def teach(something): lesson = None // Aye, there's the rub... if knowsHowToTeach(): lesson = createLessonForSomething(something) else: lesson = teach(something) return lesson
• michh 12y ago
  It's more: you can only see how simple it really is once you understand it and it seems incredibly complicated until you do. And that's incredibly frustrating for both sides of the student/teacher relationship.
  • zhte415 12y ago
    >And that's incredibly frustrating for both sides of the student/teacher relationship. This article, and your comment, reminded me of 'Math Class (Imagined by Kids)' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxEAt91D7k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxEAt91D7k (2 minutes long)
    • michh 12y ago
      Heh, hadn't seen that before. I mostly remember wondering why the teacher was always talking about pizza.
• mariodiana 12y ago
  And we already have man pages for that, thank you very much.