Who do you think is going to be more motivated to think about math: someone who feels it is their duty to become smarter, or a naive student who believes he or she has the answer to some mathematical problem and is only lacking a proof?
Or, how about the student who believes they may have the answer, and has a burning itch to know whether this is the case?
(Really, though, it’s going to be the one with something to protect.)
Or, how about the student who believes they may have the answer, and has a burning itch to know whether this is the case?
(Really, though, it’s going to be the one with something to protect.)