September 17, 2005

Say What?

A friend just e-mailed this to me--apparently they saw it in the Reader's Digest. I thought I would pass it on:

Why we stil trail other countries in Math

I was sitting in a cafeteria recently, next to a woman who was engrossed in
her newspaper. One of the headlines blared: "12 Brazilian Soldiers Killed."
She shook her head at the sad news. Then, turning to me, asked, "How many is
a Brazilian?"

Posted by Andrew on September 17, 2005 11:37 AM.