Should math be taught in school ?
Not to put down the American school system or anything but I have noticed that they don't require much math in public schools at all. The stuff I covered in freshman year of college was the same stuff I remember from 7 and 8 grade in a different country....I went to middle school and some high school somewhere else.
And I don't know why they give kids summer off here, when I was in middle school they didn't give us summers off.....school was a year round deal to give more time to cover more ground.
just an observation
Not all public schools are bad...
I went to public school and liked math and was good at it. :blob:
My oldest son went to a private Jesuit school in Detroit, and they didn't teach him some of the basics that I was taught. They pushed the kids so hard and go so fast, that some of them can't keep up. Then when they try to get help, the tutor is the same teacher that is leaving them behind and leaves them behind again. :violent1:
My son just had some friends visit last week and they went to a music festival here. They slept in our living room overnight while they were here. I got talking to one of them who went to the same school, just a few years behind my son, and he said that he didn't understand algebra either. The school didn't properly teach them. :finga:
They were giving the freshman kids some Calculus before they even learned the basics of Algebra... And no geometry yet??? WTF? You can't even learn to understand calculus until you have a good solid foundation of Algebra and Geometry. :banghead:
My son has tried to catch up in comm. college, and keeps struggling. :violent1:
Luckily, I moved back where I grew up and got my youngest son in middle school here. He's got a better grasp of algebra than his brother. The public schools here are very good, I'm glad I got him in them before it was too late, and he got behind like his older brother. :D
Don't get me wrong, my oldest son is no idiot. He transferred out here in middle of high school for his junior year, and graduated a semester early with a 3.9 GPA. Then went through UTI Tech with a 3.9 GPA. He's smart enough to get it, he just needs someone that can explain it properly so he can understand it. I'm almost considering taking an Algebra class at the community college with him, so I can keep up with how they are teaching him, and help try to get him back on track.... :banghead:
