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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]HS & MS teachers can you please explain what is behind the general obsession with mathematics[/b] (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] Not their fault, and addressed to the wrong group. Doesn't nearly every 4 year college require 3 or 4 years of high school math? Why do they do it. To separate the wheat from the chaff. The smartest kids excel in math and they can probably handle the college's math curriculum. Those that "struggle" will need remedial math, or probably won't be admitted.[/quote]
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