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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Making calculus a graduation requirement and not guaranteeing a high school diploma would fix a ton of our issues
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How ridiculous.  Unless one is going into a STEM field, calculus is completely unnecessary - and useless.[/quote]
“Calculus is useless” is exactly why our education system is so bad. So many parents happy to have ignorant kids.[/quote]

Once again, unless you are going into STEM field, calculus is NOT needed.  So why force kids to take it when they could instead be taking more useful courses?  Like Statistics for useful math, and personal finance for kids not on a college path (along with stats).

I'd prefer my kid who wants to be a journalism major be editor of the school newspaper, or take a period or two to intern while in HS, rather than being forced to take calculus 
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Yep.  I'd prefer my kid who wants to be a liberal arts major to take a foreign language through the AP level or double up on AP history/English/science courses.[/quote]
And a calculus class will stop that how? You have 32 course options throughout high school. This seems like a non issue. [/quote]

In many private schools, students have to take four years of religion so that limits other courses. [/quote]

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