Have patience with all things but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.
One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the answer to any problem that is discussed. This gives students the idea that there is a book somewhere with all the right answers to all of the interesting questions and that teachers know those answers. And if one could get hold of the book one would have everything settled. Thats so unlike the true nature of mathematics.
It aint what they call you its what you answer to.
Have patience with all things but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I dont know.
Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.
Bromidic though it may sound some questions dont have answers which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.
One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the answer to any problem that is discussed. This gives students the idea that there is a book somewhere with all the right answers to all of the interesting questions and that teachers know those answers. And if one could get hold of the book one would have everything settled. Thats so unlike the true nature of mathematics.
I will not take but for an answer.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers but it takes a creative mind to spot the wrong questions.
I paint objects as I think them not as I see them.
You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.
When they call the roll in the Senate the Senators do not know whether to answer Present or Not Guilty.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
If mathematically you end up with the wrong answer try multiplying by the page number.
I was sad because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet. So I said Got any shoes youre not using?
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.