The Math Mojo Chronicles

(this post is a continuation of yesterday’s post - Why do we have to show the work?)

This youtube video is by a woman with Asperger’s Syndrome (a form of autism). Her observations are very insightful. I encourage you to watch it in the entirety, because she covers a lot of interesting points that are not limited to people with Asperger’s syndrome. 

People who do not understand people who are “different” have a hard time reaching them. The loss is on both sides. 

I was pleased to see her analogy about reading different kinds of sentences. It was similar to something I’d been thinking about:

Continue reading Why do we have to show the work? Part 2 →

It’s a control issue; pure and simple. They will not give it up. They will not admit it. They will not even face it themselves or even consider that it might be true. They feel threatened, and they will use every bit of rhetoric and rationalization they can dredge up to try to legitimize it. [...]