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Re:Calculus for Seven Year Olds [pdf] by nanis on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:39PM (#27469024)
> one of five kids (out of class of 120) that took Calculus

I am always puzzled by this. Calculus was 8th - 9th material in Turkey in the 80s. In classrooms with 45 - 50 kids per one over-worked teacher.

We did set theory and Boolean logic in third grade. I think that is far more useful for understanding mathematical thinking than Calculus is.

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Re:Calculus for Seven Year Olds [pdf] by koheripbal on Saturday June 12, 2021 @11:20AM (#27485076)
Same in Canada. ...and then I moved to the US, and the school was a full YEAR behind, and only covered the basics.

...and I feel like it's getting worse.

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