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NotPhil  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Algebra Necessary?

    The debate shouldn't be about whether algebra, history, literature, writing, etc. are the proper material to teach students, or whether material focuses too much on memorization, or whether schools kill creativity.

I agree that our schools are broken, but if the problem isn't the subject matter (algebra, for instance), and the problem also isn't the method (memorization, for instance), what do you think the problem is?





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NotPhil  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think that poverty, family life issues, lack of perceived upward mobility, and other factors can contribute to ... poor performance

I'm sure you're right, but the school system itself can only attempt to provide students with the tools they need to understand the world they live in and make creative and informed decisions about what can be done to improve their world. And I really don't think the school system is doing that.

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