It is the story that matters, not just the ending.

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

In any case, do you really think kids even want something that is relevant to their daily lives? You think something practical like compound interest is going to get them excited? People enjoy fantasy, and that is just what mathematics can provide - a relief from daily life, an anodyne to the practical workaday world.

Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

I don't see how it's doing society any good to have so many members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams and clear memories of hating them.

It is the story that matters, not just the ending.