Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 44 Issue 2, June 2007
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Janis Kristjansson
Algebra has become the new Latin. In the past, the ability to master the classic languages of Latin and Greek was seen as an indication that a person had the intellectual ability to deal with higher education. Of course, knowledge of Latin and Greek also meant that a person had money and had been educated in the finest fashion.
