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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want my kids to have the option to pursue careers in engineering, etc, if that is what they want to do. To do that, you need a solid math ed. It’s ridiculous how everyone crunches the stats of where these kids get into college and doesn’t seem to care if they are prepared to do well once they are there. I actually now advise people to get outside math assessments at the end of every year to make sure there kid is actually on track, and by on track, I mean meeting the national average. [/quote]

You do realize that a lot of kids who do engineering and lead a very successful life (though not up to the esteemed standards of NYC TT parents) are alums of very average high schools in suburban flyover country who then go to the excellent engineering programs at schools like Illinois, Purdue, NC State, etc. that you ridicule one of your "friends" for letting their child attend. These are kids who probably take AB Calc their senior year of HS but end up doing great. Engineering isn't just MIT, Cal Tech, Penn M&T, etc.[/quote]

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