Understood, but if it’s included on a list of quotes about math education the overall thrust of which is to show what’s wrong with it, the implication is that what he describes is one of the things which is wrong with it.
Thanks for pointing this out, you might be surprised to know that it didn’t occur to me! I’ll bear this point in mind and add some sort of disclaimer if I incorporate the quote into a top level post.
Thanks for pointing this out, you might be surprised to know that it didn’t occur to me! I’ll bear this point in mind and add some sort of disclaimer if I incorporate the quote into a top level post.