"better grounding in statistics" - agreed! I used calculus in some finance (risk/trading) in an early life. You may not be surprised that you're not the only

"better grounding in statistics" - agreed! I used calculus in some finance (risk/trading) in an early life. You may not be surprised that you're not the only one that considers that statistics should be taught earlier / more / as a replacement for calculus. For instance - https://www.google.com/search?q=statistics+should+replace+calculus+in+high+school https://www.google.com/search?q=statistics+should+replace+ca... Certainly with all the machine learning / data science / ai work that's going on, people will need both if they want to learn about those fields.