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More technical difficulties

October 29, 2006 – 6:39 am

What did I say about technology? Now I have an invisible post. It is right there between this one and the one on the Joys of Technology.
Except you can only view it through a direct link. No amount of refreshing is bringing it up. “There are errors,” indeed. I think [...]

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Math shouldn’t be fun

October 29, 2006 – 6:00 am

It should be dull and irrelevant. Students should display no confidence in their abilities in the subject. And a healthy dose of low self-esteem goes a long way.
This is the difficulty of relying on test scores to define success in education. It is also the difficulty of making international comparisons. However, [...]