When a math educator has emerged from their cocoon to be at zero mercy of a controlling or demanding
boss, or of an oft-stifling educational
system, to take charge of what they want to do in math or math
education in spite of the risks and uncertainties before them.
For the large majority of teachers and tutors,
procrastination or the
fear of failure has prevented them from becoming the mathematical
butterfly God has destined them to be.