Just finished teaching applied math to a diploma in busines student. Conclusion: Additional Math is impt for business courses, not just for science courses. Youngsters and parents might want to take note.
“Success belongs to those who take action on what they believe in. Don’t just dream about doing something. Do something about that dream.” – Ilyasa (2012)
“Given a proper environment with tender, loving care and a good dose of discipline, a single seed can blossom into beautiful roses. All children can be educated if given a chance and the belief.” (Frances Ess, a teacher, in TODAY, 1 Sep 2011, p. 22)
“You’ll always rise in life to the level of responsibility that you’re willing to accept.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and philosopher.
“You don’t have to be rich to be clever.” – Ikea.
“You don’t have to be clever to be rich.” – Kishore (my student, 2011)
“The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advances …..” – Albert Einstein.
“..persons marked as unworthy are unlikely to feel good enough to pose the questions in which learning begins, unlikely to experience whatever curriculum is presented as relevant to their being in the world.” (p. 212)
Greene, M. (1993). Diversity and inclusion: toward a curriculum for human beings. Teachers College Record, 95(2), 211-221.