Fictional Crush Meme Redux

[rj_anderson]

I just went and looked at lizbee's page and discovered that she'd included TV, movie and comics characters, too. Well, then:

- The Fifth Doctor
- Mirth, and Sean Knight (but especially Mirth), from Matt Wagner's Mage: The Hero Discovered
- Jamie, from Truly, Madly, Deeply

And back on the literary side, I know who I forgot:

- Mr. Knightley, from Jane Austen's Emma

Duh, how could I have forgotten him?

Comments

Re: Mr. Knightley

[dr-c.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't at all dispute that algebra is often studied "for reasons undisclosed," thus quite naturally resulting in "no good whatsoever" for the student. But I perceive that as a problem more with how it is taught-- and, perhaps, when and to whom-- than with the subject itself. My preference would be to see Algebra taught in conjunction with Business/Economics, Trigonometry with Electricity, and Calculus with Physics; then the students would have a chance to see what the equations are good for. Math only becomes useful when it's applied, after all.

Re: Mr. Knightley

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like that idea. Yes, I think it would help a good deal.

I got a really terrific Math teacher in Grade Eleven, and even learned to enjoy bits of algebra (particularly geometry) but by then it was too late for me, alas...