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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by paganel on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:40AM (#22946044)
There is also this often link-to essay by Paul Graham, called "revenge of the nerds" [1], that was also one of the reasons why I wrote about the situation in US high-schools (of which I have no direct experience).

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html

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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by V-2 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @01:03PM (#22947724)
Frankly I find it difficult to figure out how the essay relates to the subject. Care to expand on it a bit?
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