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Wow, that indeed doesn't look good. In France I learnt trigonometry at 13 (I gonna turn 34 this year so maybe it has changed by now).
by S4M 12y ago
Wow, that indeed doesn't look good. In France I learnt trigonometry at 13 (I gonna turn 34 this year so maybe it has changed by now).
- jostylr 12y agoThe problem is less about when someone learns math (an easy subject once one cares), but rather the attitude about math. In the US, people walk away from math education hating and fearing math. "Math is important, but I can't do math" is the attitude many have. What is the attitude of general people in France? Do they take math ignorance as a point of pride as they do in the US or they take math knowledge and use as a point of pride?
- thaumasiotes 12y agoIn the US I had trig and the first semester of calculus in 9th grade (age 13-14). It's not about the country. Educational standards written with people who never learn to read in mind aren't binding on everyone. Moving the standard higher decreases the number of kids clearing it, and moving the standard lower increases the number of kids clearing it, but neither has much effect on what people learn.