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To: Joe NYC who wrote (438626)	12/5/2008 6:30:09 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573984

They have trade type schools for people who don't have what it takes to make it in high schools. OK, now we're getting to the real story. The best high schools and prep schools in the U. S. don't require calculus, but the best students in U. S. high schools can take calculus and linear algebra if they want. It is an exam, that people have nightmares for the rest of their lives. I still do. I think it was the hardest exam of my life. It spans several days. That's the way New Yorkers described the Regents' exams when I was in college, but I never experienced either so I can't say they're comparable.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (438626)	12/6/2008 1:46:33 AM
From: Don Hurst	Respond to of 1573984

>>" It is an exam, that people have nightmares for the rest of their lives. I still do. "<< Oh my goodness, Jozef, poor guy, you should not have taken the exam...just think how much better you would sleep for the rest of your life and US College would still have been a "cakewalk" for you. And the guy from Senegal with the same nightmare problem...just curious, are his in French or Wolof? And btw, this commission that gave you the test that causes you all those nightmares...were they part of some kind of teacher's union and that's why you developed this fear (loathing?) of unions? Understandable after that trauma...