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longship

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Reply to proudretiredvet (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 15, 2014, 11:24 AM

Feb 2014

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It's probably worse than that. I used to teach high school math. In the 9th grade algebra classes at my school only about 25% managed to pass. I did a bit better in my classes, but some students did not even know how to multiply two numbers. None of those students are going to perform well and should not have been taking algebra. The administrators' hands were tied; algebra in 9th grade was mandatory by state rules. Total idiocy.

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