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During a visit to a model elementary school in a rural community in central Thailand, I asked the principal how many languages her students were required to learn.
“I have heard many People say, ‘Give me the Ideas. It is no matter what Words you put them into.’ ”
—William Blake
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Farnsworth, K.A. (2010). Math as the Language of Science and Technology. In: Grassroots School Reform. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230114661_8
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