J’ai reçu ce mail hier soir, après un silence de 12 ans. Après les émotions pénibles que nous avons tous vécues, il était merveilleusement bienvenu.
Non, je n’ai pas seulement enseigné les maths pour « les meilleurs des meilleurs »… et quelles que soient mes classes, les maths que j’enseignais étaient toujours les mêmes : des maths pour « leur goût » (simplement, dans mes classes les plus faibles j’en enseignais un peu moins, plus lentement). Alors évidemment, ce mail me fait chaud au cœur.
Et il illustre tellement bien les derniers paragraphes de
cet article,
… bon, s’il vous plaît, lisez-le !
Et encore merci de votre fidélité à ce blog (n’hésitez pas à le partager) !
Philippe Colliard
I feel compelled to add to this post. All please forgive that this is written in English, it has been far too many years since I wrote in French with competence.
RépondreSupprimerI too am an alumnus, but from many years prior. I think my last classes with Mr. Colliard were in 1973 at a Lycee in Ottawa, Canada.
To read your post, and Phillipe's response, is an affirmation of what I experienced so long ago. He is one of the people to instill both confidence and curiosity in me. I think those are certainly the keys to science. One has to be curious enough to ask questions, then to ask if what you see makes sense and then to have the confidence to press on when the answer is not obvious.
I would go so far as to suggest that such a skillset is not only required of science but that it is central to a life lived.
Here one can see in evidence that Phillipe's philosophy has been carried through the generations to the great benefit of so many that will only gradually discover their gift.
With thanks and warm regards,
Dominic Ryan
p.s. I tried to email you a few weeks ago. I hope all is well with you.