I don’t love the idea of ‘dumbing down’ maths, but I think there’s a needless race slant that gets added here (not by yourself, almost by US society). Im from

I don’t love the idea of ‘dumbing down’ maths, but I think there’s a needless race slant that gets added here (not by yourself, almost by US society). Im from the Uk, went a state school, with a Masters in Engineering, and a father who was an Engineer. My perspective is that the curriculum that I grew up with failed to properly teach me maths. Further, as much as I don’t personally like some of the policies implemented in the US education system (positive discrimination), I find myself agreeing with some of the policy/curriculum changes suggested. The largest difference between myself at university and my peers who went to paid or selective schools was that they knew how to learn. This was the hardest but most valuable lesson I learned from my prof in my first year. I remember trying my hardest, and in hindsight trying to learn in the most ineffective ways- copying out of textbooks. Seems stupid ? But that’s essentially how I was taught maths at school from 2000 to 2010 at school. I can see 100% how upbringing currently has an outsized impact on maths attainment, far beyond other subjects. - and the impacts on social justice.