Jan Nordgren pointed me to this dissenting essay.
In fact, if I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child’s natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn’t possibly do as good a job as is currently being done— I simply wouldn’t have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soulcrushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education.
No wonder I have such a difficult time getting my students interested in statistics.
The Random Texan 
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