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This is because they want to enroll people too stupid to solve basic math problems.
by SamReidHughes 7y ago
This is because they want to enroll people too stupid to solve basic math problems.
- mhuffman 7y ago... well, this is the real reason, but I don't think any professional would word it that way! Here[0] is a story about a group arguing (a bit successfully, I might add!) that "forcing" students to have the ability to at least pass algebra to get a college degree is a civil rights issue! [0] https://www.npr.org/2017/07/19/538092649/say-goodbye-to-x-y-should-community-colleges-abolish-algebra https://www.npr.org/2017/07/19/538092649/say-goodbye-to-x-y-...
- mantap 7y agoRight because putting people in crippling debt when they fail out of college is going to improve civil rights.
- mhuffman 7y agoI mean offering a worthless* degree to people is also not helping, right? * I am using worthless here, to denote that someone that does not even have the capacity deal with a single term of high-school level algebra, can otherwise do very well in it.
- wyxuan 7y agoIf they can't solve math problems, then it will be reflected in their math course load and their grades in those courses.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoYes, and they can ignore that information using holistics.
- downrightmike 7y agoYes and because that will at least get them one semester out of these kids, which will probably need student loans. Even in state tuition will be many thousands of dollars that will trap these kids.
- Torwald 7y agoSo much then for basic Math problem solving.
- travisoneill1 7y agoThen they will dumb down the curriculum even more.
- travisoneill1 7y agoThe perfect students for the ____ studies programs.