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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS & MS teachers can you please explain what is behind the general obsession with mathematics (beyond an elementary level)? Student don't understand it or have any ability in it, most higher level math courses have no application to 99.9% of students. Why not make math an elective in hs? It seems like an enormous misallocation of resources not to.[/quote] I think more than 0.01% of high school students plan to attend college, OP. Higher level math classes have wider application than you think.[/quote] Explain the higher level math encountered by an average american on a day to day basis then[/quote]
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