[FairfieldLife] Re: Irresponsible Advice

[guyfawkes91]

> 
> How old was the kid, could you tell? Elementary school,
> high school?
> 
> Near or at college age.
> 
> As I understand it, what's called "Vedic math" (which
> may not be all that Vedic anyway) is a system for doing
> arithmetic, not higher math. If that's the case, 
> learning to do arithmetic this way wouldn't stop him
> from going on to a career in higher math.
> 
> Right, but the way MMY argued it, using examples that to me implied a very
> limited understanding of math in any form, Vedic math is the be all and end
> all.