> Majors that require calculus were excluded. So they asked exactly those majors that need less calculus and more statistics whether high schools should teach

> Majors that require calculus were excluded. So they asked exactly those majors that need less calculus and more statistics whether high schools should teach less calculus and more statistics. > College professors were more keen on an assortment of what was described as mathematical “practices,” The fact that this is phrased as unexpected is quite sad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician%27s_Lament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician%27s_Lament School is supposed to be about learning, reasoning and developing skills and not just about memorizing or checking a list of topics.