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yurakolotov ([personal profile] yurakolotov) wrote2012-07-31 08:55 am

Save Kids - Remove Math From Schools

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell

It was expected for many decades, predicted by non-idiot writers, observed in different countries and several states in US... and now it's vocalized in NYT.
An open suggestion that mathematics and other useless stuff is removed from school program.
In New-York Times, no less.
Enjoy and weep!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html?pagewanted=all

[identity profile] vozkin.livejournal.com 2012-07-31 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
A quote from the comments:
Actually things are far worse than that statement suggests. According to the National Science Foundation: Among 15-year-olds worldwide, "in 2009, U.S. students demonstrated higher mathematical literacy than students in only 5 out of 34 OECD countries (Greece, Israel, Turkey, Chile, and Mexico).

[identity profile] yurakolotov.livejournal.com 2012-07-31 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
*развеселился*
Я ж говорю, эгалите.
Взяли какой-то опрос, неясно - ни в каком секторе населения, ни какая выборка, ни что и как проверяли.
Называется "бухнул - как в лужу пёрнул".

(Это не про тебя, разумеется, а про того, кто такие комменты оставляет).