Top Reasons To Be A Math Teacher
Sines of great teaching at Grove City College
10 - You know all the angles
9 - Life always adds up
8 - You know all the pi jokes
7 - Irrational is not so bad
6 - Infinity and beyond... been there, done that
5 - It’s OK to be obtuse
4 - You always knew your raise would be an imaginary number
3 - You can do the math
2 - You believe in a Higher Power
1 - You’ve got the best pickup line: “What’s your sine?”
QuotaBillsThere is no royal road to geometry. - Euclid
The X-Files: The mystery of algebra - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Math research is more like a marathon. - Terence Tao
Revolutions never occur in mathematics. - Michael Crowe
I go to school the youth to learn the future. - Robert Frost
Obvious: The most dangerous word in mathematics - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries. - David Hilbert
Surgeon: The person who was a cut-up at medical school - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Conflict Of Interest: A dental school with a hockey team - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Math, it's a puzzle to me. I love figuring out puzzles. - Maya Lin
Dear Math: I'm not a therapist. Solve your own problems. - Unknown
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. - Mark Twain
Math is like love - a simple idea but it can get complicated. - R. Drabek
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. - Fran Lebowitz
"Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics. - Eric T. Bell
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas. - James Roy Newman
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. - Mark Twain
Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans. - Ed Gillespie
Academe: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. - Alan Turing
High school is a lot like toilet paper: you only miss it when it's gone. - Unknown
College Education: A four-year plan for confusing a young mind methodically. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Mathematics consists of proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way. - George Polya
If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about. - Nick Cave
I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers. - Woody Allen
In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made school boards. - Mark Twain
The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. - Robert M. Hutchins
When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis. - Elvis Presley
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. - David Hilbert
If I feel unhappy, I do mathematics to become happy. If I am happy, I do mathematics to keep happy. - Alfred Renyi
Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. - George Burns
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey. - Andy Roddick
The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school. - Haruki Murakami
Aftermath: 1. The period following algebra; 2. The horrible headache you have when you've finished the algebra test. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Mathematics is like checkers in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. - Plato
It is the studying you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise, you know only that which everyone else knows. - Henry L. Doherty
Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science. - Robert Lanza
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. - Rene Descartes
With the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital. - Stephen Covey
Historically the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. - Stephen Covey