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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lemme get this straight. You are NOW worried that rich people who live in Virginia and don't like this change in math curriculum are going to move out of state in droves? SERIOUSLY? You need medication. [/quote]

I mean, the whole reason for this is that 'too many people are getting tutoring.' Right? You think lowering the speed/expectations is going to cause fewer people to move/go private/pay for tutoring? Can you explain that thinking, because I don't see how that's a likely outcome.

Wouldn't providing substantial additional resources in schools to help kids keep up/go at speed/meet high expectations cause less of a demand for this sort of thing and level the playing field better?[/quote]

Nope, that's not the reason for this. There's much more going on than tutoring, and you can go back and read some more examples I wrote up thread. No one is lowering expectations of students. They are just not making calculus the be-all-end-all of HS math education. There's so much more math that's needed for STEM jobs besides calculus nowadays. VA and the many other states making this change are modernizing to keep up with high demand STEM jobs and what colleges and universities are telling them they need.

Honestly, if people leave public schools over this in favor of old school private schools who are teaching calculus to the 75 percent of kids who won't need it again, well then... good luck with that. And why are you so worried about what other people do? Hmm.[/quote]

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