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MSU Drops Algebra From Graduation Requirements
Michigan Capitol Confidential ^
| 7/19/2016
| Derek Draplin
Posted on 07/20/2016 12:30:30 PM PDT by MichCapCon
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To: MichCapCon
if you can count up to 20 without taking off your shoes you pass.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:32:50 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: MichCapCon
Speechless. How is Amal Mohammed Abdullah gonna know how to calculate the proper mix of diesel and fertilizer and amounts for a 55 gallon drum recipe with he wants to adjust it?
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:33:08 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: MichCapCon
The left always has to keep its voters dumb.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:34:03 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~GOPe=Vichy Republican swine/Lock Her Up!!!)
To: MichCapCon
OK I was joking but in reality you should know algebra BEFORE you get to college.
It should disqualify you if you don’t. Go to a trade school.
Welders make good money.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:34:28 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: MichCapCon
quantitative learning
What the heck is that?
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:35:00 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
To: MichCapCon
2 + 2 = whatever, depending on your culture.
To: Mr. K
Daughter is studying mechanical engineering. She says 90% of college students are morons! It’s no wonder.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:35:23 PM PDT
by
poobear
(Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
To: MichCapCon
Only to cry. Dumbing down the country has been steady with no end in sight.
To: MichCapCon
The one-size-fits-all college algebra approach wasnt working for all students, IOW, if millenials cannot cope with it or find the answer on their smartphone, it must be eliminated.
To: MichCapCon
I’m guessing “college algebra” is what I think of as H.S. freshman algebra? And the gifted kids could take it in the 8th grade?
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:36:29 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: MichCapCon
Others noted that the new quantitative requirement might leave students ill-prepared if they take advanced math courses later in their college careers.
and it might leave them ill-prepared for a job in the real world.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:37:02 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: rfreedom4u
quantitative learning classes??
My question as well!!
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:37:22 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
(lection is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism👍)
To: MichCapCon
This decision was made largely because the current (math) requirement is at a level already required by most high school mathematics curriculum
Can't say I disagree with the new policy. I took four years of math in HS and never used any of it.
On the other hand, I took statistics in college and since I was in quality assurance for many years, used them all the time.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:37:49 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: MichCapCon
Makes sense. Algebra is a subject that should have been mastered in high school. College students should be on to bigger things.
But...I know that's NOT why they are doing this. Just another form of Affirmative Action.
To: MichCapCon
As long as they squeeze every student loan dollar they can out of the marks... I mean students... it’s all good.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:39:40 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: MichCapCon
“because I believe the sort of student who wants to go on into advanced mathematics will recognize it early on. And if they really have an inclination for that, theyll be able to deal with that transition. “
Duh...
Such a student would already have mastered algebra and some calculus in high school ...
To: MichCapCon
No one needs algebra to ring up an order of French fries. Dat’s old school.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:40:07 PM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
To: ColdOne
When I was a pup, you couldn't even graduate from
high school without an algebra class.
When my kids went to elementary school in Japan, they started teaching algebra by 5th grade.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:40:13 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: MichCapCon
I coulddabeen phi beta kappa. If only. Instead I’m just average.
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posted on
07/20/2016 12:41:53 PM PDT
by
HotKat
(Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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