Scared of math At an academic conference, Wu Po-lin, a professor of applied mathematics at National Chengchih University, spoke about the "arrogance" of math teachers and sarcastically mocked what he saw as "abnormal developments" in math education: "Teachers can't stand the idea that young people today are more and more intelligent. As a result they are doing all they can to teach students to be stupid."
講起數學老師的「驕傲」心態，政大應用數學系教授吳柏林曾在一場座談會上調侃當今數學教育的畸形發展，是「數學老師對現代人越來越聰明看不過去，因此使盡力氣，希望全方位地將學生教笨」。