Its quite fashionable to blast teachers, but I can tell you, that, in many cases, its the PARENTS who don’t want their children “pushed” or “pressured”. Its the wussification of America that’s partially responsible for killing education in the United States. As was mentioned, Algebra should be taught early, in the second grade. Add Latin to that as well. At age 7, your brain is like a sponge. Parents, stop making excuses. Your children can do the work.
“Its quite fashionable to blast teachers, but I can tell you, that, in many cases, its the PARENTS who don’t want their children “pushed” or “pressured”. Its the wussification of America that’s partially responsible for killing education in the United States. As was mentioned, Algebra should be taught early, in the second grade. Add Latin to that as well. At age 7, your brain is like a sponge. Parents, stop making excuses. Your children can do the work.”
They are more interested in competitive sports leagues than competitive math leagues. Someone who is good in math is also considered to be ‘not normal’ or ‘nerdy.’ People are worried they’ll be like a ‘Sheldon’ from the Big Bang Theory show. There’s an entire culture to deal with.
Agreed. These people are encouraging non-hackers.