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> As far as I can tell, most other countries with successful mathematics cultures operate more like this. Which country do you mean? As far as I'm aware, it's

by junar 4y ago

> As far as I can tell, most other countries with successful mathematics cultures operate more like this. Which country do you mean? As far as I'm aware, it's the opposite: countries like China and South Korea have math as a required subject on their college entrance exams for all students. The non-STEM students may have fewer requirements, but I'm fairly sure they've still learned more than the average American high school student. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaokao#Reform_of_the_National_College_Entrance_Examination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaokao#Reform_of_the_National_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Scholastic_Ability_Test#Mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Scholastic_Ability_Tes... https://medium.com/@yujia_jo/2016-jiangsu-gaokao-national-higher-education-entrance-exam-mathematics-2beefb93cec7 https://medium.com/@yujia_jo/2016-jiangsu-gaokao-national-hi...

WhyOhWhyQ 4y ago
I was really thinking about the lack of 1-2 years of general education classes before a major can be declared, at university, with that particular remark. I know this to be the case in several European countries, and India; in India you choose a specialization at the "11th-12th" grade level I believe. I did assume that to be the case in China, though it looks like Chinese universities may actually spend a lot of time on gen-ed classes. I'll have to ask my Chinese friends about their experience. I think you declare a major in the first year of university in South Korea, but I could be mistaken. If anybody wants to shed light on this by sharing when the major/specialization is declared in their country, please do. I do know there are countries which allow specialization at the high school level (India, Italy, Romania I believe). I found this interesting list, which is more complete than I can be on this. I don't think it proves that countries with great mathematical cultures always allow specialization in high school, but it does have some examples of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_education_systems_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_education_sy...

by junar 4y ago

WhyOhWhyQ 4y ago

I was really thinking about the lack of 1-2 years of general education classes before a major can be declared, at university, with that particular remark. I know this to be the case in several European countries, and India; in India you choose a specialization at the "11th-12th" grade level I believe. I did assume that to be the case in China, though it looks like Chinese universities may actually spend a lot of time on gen-ed classes. I'll have to ask my Chinese friends about their experience. I think you declare a major in the first year of university in South Korea, but I could be mistaken. If anybody wants to shed light on this by sharing when the major/specialization is declared in their country, please do. I do know there are countries which allow specialization at the high school level (India, Italy, Romania I believe). I found this interesting list, which is more complete than I can be on this. I don't think it proves that countries with great mathematical cultures always allow specialization in high school, but it does have some examples of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_education_systems_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_secondary_education_sy...