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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half of US high schools don’t offer calculus. I imagine there may be very bright students at Harvard and elsewhere who have had weak learning environments. [/quote] From the article: The Harvard Math Department will pilot a[b] new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills[/b] among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan A. Kelly.[/quote] Yes - and I’m guessing some of those high schools not offering calculus may not have done a bang up job on the earlier classes. Do you know nothing about education in the US?[/quote] If it is decided that kids who can’t do basic algebra because they went to a crappy HS deserve to attend Harvard, that’s Harvard’s decision. But all those arguments about the best and the brightest and attending Harvard because of the excellence of the student cohort go by the wayside. [/quote]
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