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To: GVTucker who wrote (176679)	1/27/2004 8:09:03 AM
From: rkral	Respond to of 186894

OT .. GVTucker, re "I was in high school two and a half decades ago, and I was learning calculus starting in my sophomore year ..." Gee, thanks for making me feel disadvantaged and old. My high school didn't even offer calculus mumbleMumble decades ago. :-) The highest level "math" course was solid geometry, I think. Ron

To: GVTucker who wrote (176679)	1/28/2004 4:04:59 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

OT Hi GV, RE: "I would disagree strongly with this." Hm, wouldn't be so complacent, when it comes to being internationally competitive. Our sand hill folks here definitely recognize this. The pipeline of students is made up of more than just one individual family. The pipeline's volume for hightech is dependent upon whether or not the system is a competitive system. (Key point being "volume", not individual.) If the pipeline isn't adequately fed, businesses are forced to seek other lands. Even in your high school example, Indian IIT students are two years ahead. They take Calculus in 8th grade, not 10th. Math classes need to be bumped up for everyone every decade or quarter century. It's perfectly normal to have an adjustment, every so often. My Mom said this adjustment has always been happening even before her time - every quarter of a century, a math course gets bumped up into an earlier age. Our system is long overdue for a change. You get what you expect. Regards, Amy J