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"... math is important not because it teaches a student how to use trigonometry to measure the height of a building, but because it develops a student's ability to analyze and solve unfamiliar problems. Math develops concrete reasoning, spatial reasoning, and logical reasoning. Math does not just develop skills that can be applied to science and technology; when math is taught right, it develops the student's fundamental cognitive architecture, increasing his intelligence. The student will develop the logical reasoning skills that allow a lawyer to analyze a legal situation and to present a coherent and convincing argument. He [or she] will develop the ability, essential for any businessperson, to isolate the key components of a system. He [or she] will develop mental skills that can be used in any problem-solving situation. His [or her] mind will become faster, sharper and more precise."
-- Arvin Vohra The Equation for Excellence
"Life is good for only two things: discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics." -- Simeon Poisson
"For the mind to have incentive to develop, ... it must encounter a problem that it is unable to do; the process of figuring out how to solve this initially unsolvable problem causes the mind to develop. If a student is only given problems at his [or her] current ability level, what incentive does the mind have to improve?... No matter how smart a student is, he [or she] must be given some challenging math problems." -- Arvin Vohra The Equation for Excellence
