Re: Despite high school algebra focus, more students need remedial

In article <g0fnke$4ffa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Herman Rubin) wrote:

> Complex written do***ents are usually much easier to read
> and understand if a fair amount of mathematical notation,
> and "mathematical" logic, are used to get through the
> verbiage.  How can one think critically if one cannot at
> least use the part of logic which we understand.

LOL.  I can picture a young Herman summing up Ode On a Grecian Urn as: 

a=b therefore b=a

after "getting through the verbiage"... is that what you meant?

Your statement applies more to philosophical writing, where the writer
puts 
forward a proposition, argues for it, and carefully delineates the area in

which it might hold true.

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