Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education:
Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education | Video on TED.com
Good short video. The guy says that currently the math curriculum builds up to calculus, but that it should in fact build up to statistics/probability. The reason being that calculus rarely has everyday use application whereas statistics/probability can be used every day. I thought it was interesting. In a class I took this past semester, my professor had this reading which said that humans in general are naturally just poor statisticians, and he's right. I wouldn't even consider myself to be a good one, though I understand certain basic concepts. But it is a tough thing to comprehend initially and maybe it's because it isn't thought enough at school. What do you guys think?