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"REAHLLY!" The lorgnette studied Doctor Wilson. "You mean there are several kinds of geometry?" REALLY THE LORGNETTE STUDIED DOCTOR WILSON YOU MEAN THERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS OF GEOMETRY
appened to the old PTA? What's happened to parental discipline, what's happened to--" He stopped suddenly and smiled, a rueful tired smile. "I suppose I'm a fanatic on this. Come on inside." They passed through an antiseptic corridor built from dull green plastic. The brown-suited man pressed a button outside one of the classrooms. A door slid noiselessly into the hall. A robot stood before them, gesturing gently. They followed the robot into the classroom. At the head of the classroom another robot was lecturing. There were drawings on a sort of plastic blackboard. There were wire models on the desk in front of the robot. They listened for a moment, and for a moment it seemed that the woman could be intrigued in spite of herself. "Mathematics," Doctor Wilson murmured in her ear. "Euclidean Geometry and Aristotelean reasoning. We start them young on these old schools of thought, then use Aristotle and Euclid as a point of departure for our intermediate classes in mathematics and logic.  HOW THEY TEACH WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE OLD P T A WHAT'S HAPPENED TO PERMANENTAL DISCIPLINE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HE STOPPED SUDDENLY AND SMILED A RUEFUL TIRED SMILE I SUPPOSE I'M A FANATIC ON THIS COME ON INSIDE THEY PASSED THROUGH AN ANTISEPTIC CORRIDOR BUILT FROM DULL GREEN PLASTICK THE BROWN SUITED MAN PRESSED A BUTTON OUTSIDE ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS A DOOR SLID NOISELESSLY INTO THE HALL A ROBOT STOOD BEFORE THEM GESTURING GENTLY THEY FOLLOWED THE ROBOT INTO THE CLASSROOM AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASSROOM ANOTHER ROBOT WAS LECTURING THERE WERE DRAWINGS ON A SORT OF PLASTIC BLACKBOARD THERE WERE WIRE MODELS ON THE DESK IN FRONT OF THE ROBOT THEY LISTENED FOR A MOMENT AND FOR A MOMENT IT SEEMED THAT THE WOMAN COULD BE INTRIGUED IN SPITE OF HERSELF MATHEMATICS DOCTOR WILSON MURMURED IN HER EAR EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY AND ARISTOTELIAN REASONING WE START THEM YOUNG ON THESE OLD SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT THEN USE ARISTOTLE AND EUCLID AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR OUR INTERMEDIATE CLASSES IN MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC
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