Decimal Days

Famous quotes containing the words decimal and/or days:

“It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children’s developing interests and abilities.”
—David Elkind (20th century)

“The true university of these days is a collection of books.”
—Thomas Carlyle “(1795–1881)