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When do you "need" literature?  When do you "need" a foreign language?  I happen to think that a fully educated person should have some exposure to calculus.  Sure, you can take a research stats course that obscures the fundamental linkages to calculus.  Or you can take physics or chemistry without calculus.  But appreciating calculus would give you such a deeper understanding of the fields that make up modern technology.  And I believe that those that can, should.[/quote]

You may have a point, but the way Calculus is taught by most doesn't really add to that understanding.  They teach formulas, not the purpose or beauty.

But our world is changing, and with it what educated citizens need to know. Data science, statistics, research methodology are becoming far more relevant to an educated citizenry, especially when only a fraction will go on to higher education. Heck, just understanding when politicians are playing loose with research would be a massive improvement.

I'm fervently anti-VMPI, btw, there were some good ideas in there that were lost in their zeal to harm intellectually-advanced kids.[/quote]

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