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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math is the only subject that has this massive genius expectation. It’s the only subject where people are constantly trying to push students to the maximum and accelerate them. Imagine how much better our country would be if we put 1/10th of this energy into science education. [/quote]

Or reading/writing.

It's a stupid race to nowhere. 
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+1, can we get kids who understand statistics and history? This obsession with 2 subjects that are tested to death and the emphasis of your entire k-12 education is crowding out that there’s more to life than taking Linear Algebra in high school. [/quote]
Forget linear alg in HS.  Some of these kids can barely do Alg 1.[/quote]
And that’s because of this obsessive thinking towards advanced advanced advanced. A significant amount of the UCSD students who failed that easy algebra 1 exam had taken “calculus” in high school. While kids have been performing worse and worse year over year, there has been a rise in expectations for elementary and middle school education across the country. We simply need to go back to the basics and make it required for the kids to understand the basics.[/quote]
No, it's because of grade inflation and DEI policies  that allow students to progress even if they don't understand the concepts - things like 50% rule and retakes.

There's nothing wrong with providing advanced math. My kids took it, but they also understand the math.  One of my kids absolutely needed the advanced math track. They just graduated as a dual STEM major, one in math, summa cum laude in both STEM degrees.  They took MVC in HS and passed with an easy A.  They just find math really easy.  These are the types of kids who should be taking advanced math.[/quote]

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