Posted on 03/13/2023 1:30:37 PM PDT by grundle
Hell bent on the stupidization of our youth
I guess this plays into the maomao’s hands, but requiring mastery of high math is a pretty good proxy for IQ, and a means of separating the wheat from the chaff.
Admittedly, people exist who succeed in language-based fields, or in fine arts, yet lack “math sense”. It would be ridiculous for Schools of Art, Music, etc., to require calculus. For any university program involving science, medicine, engineering, etc., admitting students who can’t handle mathematics is basically cruel; they will not succeed.
If high schools “serving” mostly “minority” students do not offer, or properly teach, higher math, that is something the school boards and superintendents should answer for. If a school has only a handful of aspiring math students, set them up with a dvd or online course. Oh no, problem solved without dumbing down.
Let's not forget Euler and Rhiemann.
He has a PhD in mathematics of some sort.
The last time I knew, if you can even get Calc in high skrewl, it’s an elective.
Nobody is requiring kids to take it in order to get a bogus diploma.
I think they already got rid of those. I read long ago that schools allow students to use calculators during math tests.
Or sweet talk a teacher into offering it to a small class.
Probably won’t be able to do that these days, but it doesn’t hurt to try.
When an idiot says that I ask them “ ok, you are driving 60 mph and your destination is 120 miles, how long will it take?”
Majority will say “2 hours” in which I reply, “ that’s algebra”.
Newton invented it to explain his physics.
“requiring mastery of high math is a pretty good proxy for IQ”
For quantitative aptitude, not necessarily verbal, analytical, or performance.
Higher math is racist. It’s got to go!
There are all kinds off smarts. Math was easy for me so I went into engineering, But after living overseas for over a decade and failing to master fluently either German or Italian, I have concluded I have no gift for languages (of course, the language at work was English, but that's a lame excuse).
I’m a registered professional civil engineer. I didn’t take calculus in high school. I completed Calc 1, 2 and 3 and Differential Equations in college. It’s not necessary to take calculus in high school to be a successful engineer, but you damn sure better be on track for taking it your first year of college.
The DUMBING DOWN continues...
When I studied for my degree in Computer Science, I had thought that the required basic calculus and multivariable calculus classes that I had to take were a waste of my time. I was interested in database theory and systems design, so why would I ever need that stuff?
Today I use it all the time for programming neural networks for deep learning and pattern recognition: solving systems of equations with partial derivatives, computing gradients, etc.
Calculus is important if you want to get into anything related to AI.
Yet they want to require a foreign language.
Next will be algebra.
Then multiplication and division.
Then reading and writing.
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They are all whitey concepts and therefore racist!!! Gimedat!
high school is supposed to prepare you for college.
If it doesn’t prepare you, then you career options are limited to one that either don’t need a degree or don’t need a serious degree.
The best case scenario is you do well in high school and have a firm foundation to go in ANY direction you choose once you have that figured out.
Idiocracy is not just a movie, it’s our future!
Calculus is required for most (if not all) STEM majors, such as biology.
Same here.
Low academic expectations achieve expected results.
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