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Later, at a Scottish mission school, he discovered that they were often stupid and insensitive gods who beat black boys. He worked hard at algebra, read Booker T. Washington, pondered the life and works of Abraham Lincoln: "I saw the land of Lincoln as the place one went to get the freedom and independence one knew...
...well-paid (up to $30,000) and in short supply. With brand-new titles and responsibilities, they have formed themselves into a sort of solemn priesthood of the computer, purposely separated from ordinary laymen. Lovers of problem solving, they are apt to play chess at lunch or doodle in algebra over cocktails, speak an esoteric language that some suspect is just their way of mystifying outsiders. Deeply concerned about logic and sensitive to its breakdown in everyday life, they often annoy friends by asking them to rephrase their questions more logically...
...third level would lie in the possibility of devising two rather advanced courses: one based on calculus and the other on algebra and both oriented to applications at the expense of comprehensive coverage...
More specifically, CHALLENGE volunteers will hold three 2:30-5 p.m. sessions a week with groups of about five pupils. During the meetings they will explore some aspects of literature, logic, music, art, and current affairs. Composition, the works of great authors, modern mathematics, and algebra will be among the topics stressed. A definite curriculum will be drawn up this summer, Gray said...
...that run themselves and managers largely concerned with planning future factories. To manufacture thinkers, Carnegie essentially teaches patterns of behavior-how men act in organizations, the interaction of banking, money and markets with unions, politics and science. To arm themselves for high-level decisions, students study techniques from linear algebra to clinical psychology to computer programming. Along with other required courses, for example, they study "Ideas in the Changing Environment"-how society and business have interacted in important historical periods. First-semester required reading spans 17 books, from Darwin to Freud to Spengler...