What would the ancient Greeks
- Mark Frauenfelder
- Uncategorized
- Mar 30, 2001
What would the ancient Greeks have thougt of Rosie O’Donnell and guest Mary Stuart Masterson’s opinion on the foolishiness of teaching math in schools? Rosie: “I think there’s no way they should have to teach it, now. We have computers. We no longer need to know why 3X equals 2Y over 4. Or if a bus leaves Utah at 4 pm, how many blonde-haired people [are] on it? I mean, how the hell do you figure that out?” Masterson: “And why? Why would you want to know? Leave some things up to chance, you know?” (From the March 23, 2001 Rosie O’Donnell show.)