San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in 8th grade

Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by mullingitover on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:12PM (#35382026)

> We do a disservice to students in the US by treating Algebra/Calc as advanced math.

My eastern European Calc II professor once complained when the class wasn't immediately grasping Riemann Sums, "This is grade school calculus!"

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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by akiselev on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:24PM (#35382115)

Fond memories of my parents trying to teach me the pythagorean theorem and algebraic manipulation in second or third grade.

Ended in shouting and tears. Every. Single. Time.

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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by tanseydavid on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:03PM (#35389988)

You made your parents cry?!? </sarc>

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Re:San Francisco schools banned kids from taking algebra in ... by owlbite on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:58AM (#35389050)

We certainly covered it about age 15/16 in the UK.

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