AP calc is basically useless. I took all the math classes in high school and memorized all the formulas but nobody taught me how to use the math to solve problems. You know word problems. Well now with deep learning I can apply the chain rule. None of those classes prepared me to be a math major or how to do proofs. It’d be better if we taught kids how to model problems and apply the tools.

I think statistics is a better subject to learn early and often. Way more useful across disciplines.

Anyway I think we know that high performing math countries teach math totally different than we do and they produce way better engineers, so why don’t we do what they do?

I mean seriously I work in tech and all the engineers are foreign educated.