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(I know this has been discussed last week already on HN but...) I'll share you a personal true story [1] : when I was in middle school, in a 100% white town on
by alain94040 16y ago
(I know this has been discussed last week already on HN but...)
I'll share you a personal true story [1] : when I was in middle school, in a 100% white town on the East Coast, 6th grade. Learning division. Say, 4 | 16. I would compute the answer: "0.25". Fine, I knew that from having just transferred from Europe. The only problem was that the expected answer was 16/4=4. They were still dividing integer values only, no decimals, and I just got confused because US and Europe write divisions in opposite directions.
Bottom line: curriculum was at least 1 year behind in math, and it didn't get any better by 12th grade. That being said, US education placed so much emphasis on soft social skills, so what you lose in math, you gain in future marketing/business acumen.
[1] I am aware that one story doesn't prove anything