Students often complain that the rules of mathematics are being changed. A short conversation between a professor and a class of college algebra students dramatizes this in the realm of complex numbers and the legal realm of speed limits.

In this article, I describe my attempts to use various pedagogical techniques to teach college level mathematics and the particular problems that I ran into with each. Then I explain how I reached the conclusion that there is no best pedagogical approach. Rather each person's teaching methods should fit their personality, their mathematical…

The author argues that statistics is no more a branch of mathematics than it is of economics. It is suggested that because statistics is a distinct discipline, it is unprofessional for mathematicians who lack training and experience in working with data to teach statistics. (PK)

Eleven responses are given regarding whether mathematicians should teach statistics. In general statistics is seen as a separate discipline not appropriately subsumed in the mathematics department. Some general discussion of statistics instruction is given. (PK)