Not really an argument. Spolsky didn't suggest leaving out geometry. Trigonometry and calculus can be shortened and taught to prepare a student for statistical

Not really an argument. Spolsky didn't suggest leaving out geometry. Trigonometry and calculus can be shortened and taught to prepare a student for statistical reasoning, which includes plenty of trig and calc. And finally, what makes the way physics is taught so sacred? Introductory physics doesn't bear much resemblance to what physicists have been talking about for the past 100 years or so, precisely because the student lacks the statistical reasoning that modern physics requires.