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[quote=Anonymous]People seem to have placed an outsized importance on math and science. All the people I know around me do outside centers, workbooks, or tutoring for math, and then they push their kids to do STEM workshops or Chess, or those dumb "make your own video game" workshops. I don't know a single person doing reading or LA tutoring except ESL kids or kids who are below grade level and struggling with reading comprehension. As an English grad, I don't really get it. Sure, I think all kids should be able to do basic computation really well, and they should take algebra/geometry, and kids who can and want to can take Calc and Stat. I don't really understand the push to make all normal to above average kids to take Multivariable Calc or Differential Equations by dual enrolling at the community college during high school. Why aren't we also pushing them to become great writers and critical readers?[/quote]
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