To: Dr. Sivana
“If we are going to drop the algebra requirement, what need is there to warehouse children until they are 18? They may as well go onto an apprenticeship, grunt work or a trade school.”
The problem with that is the fact that almost every apprenticeship requires algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
178 posted on
07/29/2012 8:25:17 AM PDT by
Beagle8U
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To: Beagle8U
The problem with that is the fact that almost every apprenticeship requires algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Yup, so the learning of mathematics becomes integrated into the apprenticeship program.
225 posted on
07/29/2012 9:48:43 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
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