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Professors: US "In Denial" Over Poor Maths Standards
thephydes (727739) writes "The maths skills of teenagers in parts of the deep south of the United States are worse than in countries such as Turkey and barely above South American countries such as Chile and Mexico. From the article: '"There is a denial phenomenon," says Prof Peterson. He said the tendency to make internal comparisons between different groups within the US had shielded the country from recognising how much they are being overtaken by international rivals. "The American public has been trained to think about white versus minority, urban versus suburban, rich versus poor," he said.'"
All that learnin' may make them question the whole religion aspect of the south...
That's incredibly misleading and not what they are teaching.
Stop believing facebook post, you dolt.
People who don't understand math rail again good math teaching techniques. hmm, maybe that's the problem.
Who every modded you up is just as ignorant as you are.
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