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A Mathematician's Lament (2002) [pdf]

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Thanks! How early did you take them out of school? How old are they now.

Both at about 8 or 9. I taught them a lot before that age because of unsatisfactory schools - especially when we were living (provincial Sri Lanka) at the time I started. The older one went in an out for a bit though. Especially with maths I did a lot of fun stuff with them because I did not like what (little!) the schools were doing. if you are familiar with the UK system they were both home educated up to GCSEs (ta…

Thanks for sharing this. So lovely to hear and hope they find their joy and meaning in whatever they do!
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