我在美国还没有碰到过数学专业出身的中学数学老师。
Is the phenomenon described in the story common?
For the Love of Godel!
Posted by: Mathew Crawford One of the best math team coaches in Florida whose students love him and who has coached some of the top performers on national contests just told me that he was let go by his school so that they could hire a football coach whose plugin to the classroom is teaching math.
I’m just not quite cynical enough that this doesn’t appall me. But I’m getting there.
Whoever believes that the system will fix itself from within should feel themselves the underdog. Any real fixes will come from the outside — from disruptive technologies and people who aren’t willing to step the goose with the bureaucracy.