The depressing thing about arithmetic badly taught is that it destroys a child's intellect and, to some extent, his/her integrity.

Before they are taught arithmetic, children will not give their assent to utter nonsense; afterwards they will.

Instead of looking at things and thinking about them, they will make wild guesses in the hopes of pleasing the teacher.

... W. W. Sawyer [British mathematician]
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Jerry P. Becker
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