School brings us to Mathematics

       Although numbers and quantitative reasoning are a common part of many of our days, a lot of us are not alert to the notion that we are using mathematics.  This thought came to mind as I enjoyed reading Howard Nemerov's poem, "September, The First Day of School," shared with me by Gregory Coxson -- a retired Naval Academy engineering professor and poetry fan,  (Previous blog contributions by Coxson may be found at this link.)    

       I offer the first two stanzas of Nemerov's poem below -- followed by a link to the complete poem.  

Here is a link to Nemerov's complete poem.
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Here is a link to info about poet Howard Nemerov (1920-1991).