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Ten Commandments of Math - Mathematician's Version
There really are two versions of this one, folks! So we'll call this one the "mathematician's version" and the other one the "classroom version."
The Ten Commandments of Math
1. Thou shalt read thy problem...carefully.
2. Whatsoever thou doest to one side of thy equation, do ye also to the other.
3. Thou must use thy "common sense", else thou wilt have flagpoles 9,000 feet high. Yea, even fathers younger than sons.
4. Thou shalt ignore the teachings of false prophets to do all thy work in thy head.
5. When thou knowest not, thou shalt look it up; and if thy search still elude thee, thou shalt ask thy All-Knowing Teacher.
6. Thou shalt master each step before putting thy heavy foot down on the next.
7. Thy correct answer does not prove that thou hast worked thy problem correctly. This argument convincest none, least of all thy Teacher.
8. Thou shalt first see that thou hast copied thy problem correctly, before bearing false witness that the answer book lieth.
9. Thou shalt look back even unto thy youth and remember thy arithmetic.
10. Thou shalt learn, read, write ,speak, and listen correctly in the language of mathematics, and verily A's and B's shall follow thee even unto graduation.
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senedtra
11 months ago
208 comments
lol This tickles me.
EdwardBear
over 2 years ago
988 comments
This is good, though I might quibble with this #6. "Thou shalt master each step before putting thy heavy foot down on the next." Was reading roger penrose's the road to reality and noticed in the preface about how he said he sometimes skims. When learning,it's important not to freeze up, sometimes you need to let the information come non linearly, so to speak.
dblreppuken
over 2 years ago
4 comments
Clever, although I would have added
"Thou shalt keep asking questions lest ye finally understand."
"Thou shalt honor thy work and thy effort, turn the television off when engaging in either."