tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963606970537776518.post1421159958722672940..comments2024-03-14T14:39:45.804-04:00Comments on Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics: Troubles with math, expressed poeticallyJoAnne Growneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04654717097635624079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963606970537776518.post-7034040094847328282010-11-10T17:22:11.450-05:002010-11-10T17:22:11.450-05:00Helping with the Homework by John Stone
Very wise...Helping with the Homework by John Stone<br /><br />Very wise poem. Starts out rather unsuspecting until one encounters the word "Wisdom" <br /><br />what does wisdom have to do with math ?<br /><br />and then he follows with:<br /><br />"Soon<br />you must begin to learn<br /><br />how to be ignorant<br />on your own."<br /><br />Very slippery poet<br /><br />I believe he is telling his daughter that while he can help her out all he is going to be able to show her is the right answer. <br /><br />But until she stumbles along on her own suffering until she gets to the other side she is not gaining anything as a person. <br /><br />Wisdom is obtain by learning from our own mistakes, not by learning how to avoid the mistakes of others.<br /><br />David Perrings<br />dperrings@padesignresources.comdperringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097437223929822162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963606970537776518.post-50167178975530845382010-11-04T04:41:50.607-04:002010-11-04T04:41:50.607-04:00JS is, in my opinion, a great poet!JS is, in my opinion, a great poet!f j craveiro de carvalhonoreply@blogger.com