As I mentioned in my previous post, I have my own opinions about Ms. DeRegnaucourt’s level of expertise. However, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, they are just that: opinions. Unfortunately, the article is devoid of actual information. Even though I may strongly suspect that Ms. DeRegnaucourt may utilize every nonteaching minute of her day immersing herself in “Jersey Shore” and “Real Life: Las Vegas”, it is also possible that she is sitting in her grandmother’s rocker before the fire, marveling over Richard Feynman’s CalTech lectures …
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Look, fellas, it’s a crummy article. The writer picked a subject that is weirdly non credible, so it’s a double message: How odd that we have teachers that are self professed ignoramuses, and how bittersweet it is that they are quitting.
What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell. The author threw those terms in there to make the subject sound a whole lot more complicated than it is. Really, it’s just a crummy article.
