he can't add cause the batteries in his calculator are dead...Why no link?
Perhaps Johnny can’t add, but I’m sure his self-esteem scores are through the roof.
As a retired professor of chemical engineering and distinguished researcher at a national laboratory, I can affirm all that was written above. Very few US-educated students have sufficient preparation in mathematics to enter college science or engineering. As a parent of a bright, dedicated government school teacher, I can say with confidence that the problem stems from 1) the families of the students, who demand less homework, higher grades, and lower standards and 2) the school boards and principals who owe their jobs to the voters. Until WE demand better, we will not get it.
As a retired professor of chemical engineering and distinguished researcher at a national laboratory, I can affirm all that was written above. Very few US-educated students have sufficient preparation in mathematics to enter college science or engineering. As a parent of a bright, dedicated government school teacher, I can say with confidence that the problem stems from 1) the families of the students, who demand less homework, higher grades, and lower standards and 2) the school boards and principals who owe their jobs to the voters. Until WE demand better, we will not get it.
Low wages are disincentivizing the science/engineering talent pool. It's supply and demand.
This is what happens when you have a one size fits all education system. If a school district has a number of different schools why teach the same thing at all of them? Iy makes far more sense to have one school that is geared primarily towards the arts, another that is focused on math and science, another geared towards business (teaching everything from secretarial skills to business management) while another could be for vocational training.
Students will be going into many different directions after high school why prepare them all the same. A student who wants to be a chemist should probably know a little about Shakespeare and the poet should probably know how what the Krebs cycle is but do the two students need them in equal proportion? Isn’t it time to have some diversity of education?
he can't add cause the batteries in his calculator are dead...At least most of my grandkids are being home-schooled. They'll be ready for college.