Saari Quotes

Donald Saari uses a combination of stories and questions to challenge students to think critically about calculus. "When I finish this process," he explained, "I want the students to feel like they have invented calculus and that only some accident of birth kept them from beating Newton to the punch." In essence, he provokes them into inventing ways to find the area under the curve, breaking the process into the smallest concepts (not steps) and raising the questions that will Socratically pull them through the most difficult moments. Unlike so many in his discipline, he does not simply perform calculus in front of the students; rather, he raises the questions that will help them reason through the process, to see the nature of the questions and to think about how to answer them. "I want my students to construct their own understanding," he explains, "so they can tell a story about how to solve the problem. ~ Ken Bain

I have a big forehead, and I got made fun of all time. When I was a little girl, they used to call me 'five-head.' ~ Tyra Banks

Eternal One: I am in control - calm and serene. I am watching quietly from where I dwell Just as surely as the heat shimmers in the blazing sun and the dewy mists cool the warmth of a harvest day. ~ Anonymous

There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way. ~ Indra Nooyi

I guess I'm just a natural warrior. ~ Camille Paglia

There are also kinds of water that cause death, as they run through harmful juices in the soil and become poisonous. ~ Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

My worthy friend, gray are all theories
And green alone Life's golden tree. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

By living our lives, we nurture death. ~ Haruki Murakami