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AtheistCrusader

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17. I never took that here in Seattle.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 12:26 PM

Nov 2013

That said, it should be (And I think it is a requirement now), and we should be pushing higher, not accepting less, as time goes on.

That is the time of your life to do it and get that framework laid. I had to learn it much later in life, and it was just that much harder to retain the information, being older when I was first exposed to it. Get it done, it's good for you.

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Texas education board approves compromise on Algebra II requirement [View all] alp227 Nov 2013 OP

...the fuck? sakabatou Nov 2013 #1

Tx has Cryptoad Nov 2013 #21

i know, right? iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #22

I took pre-calc in my last mathematics class sakabatou Nov 2013 #33

Before too long . . . MrModerate Nov 2013 #2

The college bound students will have to take it anyway. pnwmom Nov 2013 #3

Minor correction: I think it's more their way of *celebrating* that anniversary Alamuti Lotus Nov 2013 #4

Most DU Texas Haters manage to be coherent. Paladin Nov 2013 #12

Hey, I love Texas. I live here. But, I slam it as much as anybody else. Rozlee Nov 2013 #30

Is this a joke? I graduated from high school in Texas in '97, and I took Algebra II Chakab Nov 2013 #5

I graduated in 1978 from a Texas school - not required then sammytko Nov 2013 #23

They want to keep the kids dumb before Jayzus comes back. Crowman1979 Nov 2013 #6

my mind does not process mathematics. madrchsod Nov 2013 #7

Gotta keep those percentiles up Android3.14 Nov 2013 #8

The future of Common Core. Igel Nov 2013 #9

Algebra II will be replaced watoos Nov 2013 #10

But Texas does have $60 million high school football fields Botany Nov 2013 #11

Forty years ago I flunked Algebra I. Archae Nov 2013 #13

As did I, though they had to give me a D- because they didn't send out the "flunk" notice in time bhikkhu Nov 2013 #19

"Bonehead math?" Archae Nov 2013 #25

Same with me procon Nov 2013 #27

With its obvious Arabic name, I'm surprised they even teach it Victor_c3 Nov 2013 #14

Until reading your post I never thought of algebra as an arabic word NobodyHere Nov 2013 #16

Consider too, Arabic vs. Roman numerals. :D AtheistCrusader Nov 2013 #18

I thought it was a mermaids' underwear. Archae Nov 2013 #26

I had to take that #$%& class Dopers_Greed Nov 2013 #15

I never took that here in Seattle. AtheistCrusader Nov 2013 #17

a plank from the 2012 platform of the Republican Party of Texas Cryptoad Nov 2013 #20

I know this is from way back, just after Dinosaurs roaming the earth littlewolf Nov 2013 #24

Unless you are going to college... penndragon69 Nov 2013 #28

I certainly wouldn't consider it useless as every time I need to problem solve a situation... LanternWaste Nov 2013 #29

True, but... Rstrstx Nov 2013 #31

Or you could just divide 20 okasha Nov 2013 #35

Lower those common denominators, I suppose. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #38

If you only have to count to 6,000, the math is easier... brooklynite Nov 2013 #32

We dunt need no stinkin math.... blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #34

Ignorance is bliss... Algebra teaches more "critical thinking" than complicated math. kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #36

Board has just voted okasha Nov 2013 #37