Blog Post #17: Trivium & Quadrivium

 Three things that surprised me while reading this were: 

1. Just like in my permutations presentation and Jenny's probability presentation for assignment 2, there is a mysticism behind numbers! This is so cool because we often see numbers as fact and mystical and spiritual things as more of a belief. But the combination of the two and how they supported each other is so interesting! It's also interesting how mysticism has stayed in numbers and the sacred nature of numbers like 6 and 108 etc. 

2. I thought that it was also interesting that certain numbers are male and female. They do seem to have certain connotations which could be related to the sacred history of certain numbers. I actually feel like numbers 2, 7, 14 are more female and numbers 4, 5 are also feminine but for some reason remind me of money and numbers with 6 like 60, 68, 16, 6 feel masculine! Isn't it funny how our brains associate our experiences and feelings with numbers? I wonder what/who subliminally inspired the female and male view of numbers in this article? 

3. The fact that they mentioned how medieval master's degree level material is now what we use in elementary school is crazy to me! It makes me wonder what our elementary aged students will be learning in 1000 years from now! With what I am guessing was a shorter lifespan, how did they spend so much time studying what we teach in so fewer years? It almost feels sad that they spent so much time on it, and I wish we could go back in time and help them out a bit! Perhaps give them some more time to spend at home with their families! It kind of makes me question if I would like to spend so much time in academia instead of spending a bit more of my lifetime having adventures... I guess we'll see!

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