Re: [Phys-l] Old News That Stays News

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Joseph!

Perhaps you've replied to the wrong person.

My reply was to point out the author of the article was rather  
ignorant about basic human anatomy.

bc



On 2008, Jul 21, , at 04:22, Joseph Bellina wrote:

> On the other hand, bc, would you want a skilled surgeon who had no
> concept of what an appendix was and therefore had no idea where it  
> was?
>
> joe
>
> Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
> Professor of Physics
> Saint Mary's College
> Notre Dame, IN 46556
>
> On Jul 20, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>
> > "Would you want to go to a doctor who's learned about the concepts
> > but never done the surgery? Would you want your doctor to say, 'I had
> > the right idea when I removed your appendix, though I took out the
> > wrong one?' "
> >
> > Wrong appendix?
> >
> >
> >
> > bc thinks H. s. sapiens are not ruminants.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2008, Jul 20, , at 10:03, John Denker wrote:
> >
> > > Here's something you don't see every day:  An informative, non-
> > > polemical,
> > > non-hysterical news article about new math ± old math.
> > >
> > >     http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/18/
> > > renegade.math.parents.ap/index.html
> > >
> > > >  Story Highlights
> > > >  # Parents sometimes struggle with kids' concept-based math
> > > > curricula
> > > >  # Method teach the ideas behind mathematics, rather than rote
> > > > procedures
> > > >  # Parents don't understand the new methods; can't help with
> > > > homework
> > > >  # Rebel parents teach kids the old -fashioned math methods
> > > _____________________________________________