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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Late to this thread. Majors relying on heavy math skills tend to be least popular (and thus most employable later on). My personal theory is that it's because our system for teaching math in this country is really lacking, especially in the younger grades when building that first layer really matters most.

Think about your average elementary school teacher. Did she strike you as being very strong in math skills? Typically they're young women who go into it because they "love" kids, "hate" math, and actually admit to things like not being able to do fractions to save their lives  :roll: [/quote]

even students who are good at the first couple levels of calculus struggle with the math required for the most technical of majors.

it has nothing to do with teaching as much as math is an abstract subject and innate talent places greater constraints on it than other subjects.[/quote]

I have never seen a student whose ability to master math dropped precipitously as the material got harder. What does happen however is that early classes are inadequate and positive feedback is wildly inaccurate. The students you talk about were probably never that good at lower levels to begin with. Children that are terrible in math (as well as other things) are constantly told they are doing great.[/quote]

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