On 05/09/2013 05:38 PM, kirby urner
Googling Kirby Urner, yoor course of study at Princeton was
Philosophy, followed by some graduate Ed classes. Are you
certificated as a math teacher anywhere? What math courses did you
take, and no, computer science, while related to math, isn't math.
I've never pretended to be a math teacher, just a parent with a
pitchfork and degrees in physics and electrical engineering who was
appalled at the new new math being served in the elementary school
that owned my son based on the street address.
Considering you're trying to make waves in math education with a BA
in Philosophy (is that where your self-revealed elitism
springs from?) and Python in your quiver, I can understand
your motivation to denigrate advanced degrees in math and sciences.
A true "polymath" displays a range of knowledge that is a mile wide
and a mile deep, but I'm struggling to find any depth to your
Kudos to you for your Python instructor status in O'Reilly's online
trade school (their book line has always been decent) but you mighy
want to revise your remarks regarding "most PhDs as over-specialized
larvae"; perhaps if you had more of the qualities of the polymaths
you speak of your judgement would have more weight.