Students did not understand the importance of the subject, Savile wrote, there were no teachers to explain the difficult points, the texts written by the leading mathematicians of the day were not studied, and no overall approach to the teaching of mathematics had been formulated.
Mag-aaral ay hindi maunawaan ang kahalagahan ng paksa, Savile wrote, doon ay walang mga guro upang ipaliwanag ang mga mahihirap na mga puntos, ang teksto na isinulat ng mga nangungunang mathematicians ng mga araw ay hindi aral, at walang pangkalahatang pamamaraan sa pagtuturo ng matematika had been formulated.