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Re:Ending our Medium integration by jamiek88 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:07PM (#19036922)
Liberal arts kids doing the mandatory math classes? Sure.

CS major in first year who has been interested in math and science as a kid? Probably not.

First year college in the USA is very broad. It’s not like university in Europe / UK where you specialize in one subject only for your bachelors.

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Re:Ending our Medium integration by daveFNbuck on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:59PM (#19041274)
I went to college in the USA, and I understand that undergrads are often put into classes far outside of their expertise. Still, I expect college students to be able to count to 6 and understand fractions. Even the remedial algebra students I helped in high school weren't that bad.
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