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[quote=Anonymous][quote]My friend from "the bushes of an undeveloped country last century,"

First of all, the O levels were replaced by the General Certificate of Secondary Education back in 1988 in the UK. You're arguing for a curriculum that was declared out of date more than a quarter century ago by the people who created it.

Second, the curricula for the remaining parts of the British Empire that still use the O level terminology (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei) is not more advanced than the typical college prep track in US high schools. In Singapore, the O level test in math is approximate to Algebra II/Trig. I'm sure you might have been exposed to simple equations like x+3=5 at age 10, but that's not what Americans expect in an algebra class. Yes, the typical O-level student in Singapore knows more math than a typical American high schooler (thanks former Confederate states and underfunded urban school districts) but they are certainly not more advanced than typical college bound students, let alone those at selective private schools.[/quote]

Are you trying to brag because you have heard about O levels?

Why do American students perform poorly on Math in the PISA exams year in and year out?

Why do the students in the public magnet schools perform at a higher level in math than kids in local private schools?

Why do the kids in the local private schools who perform highly in math resemble the kids in the local public magnet schools?[/quote]

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