Three American High Schoolers Swept An International Competition By Crushing These Math Problems

Business Insider ^ | 08/14/2013 | Walter Hickey

[DuncanWaring]

Roger the -1 for no units.

[Gabz]

“Dissenting” types, children who exhibit strong affinity for true believing Christianity, anti-unionism, that oppose “the herd”, are simply “tended” by public school teachers until they graduate. The job of their teachers is to simply do nothing: don’t counsel them on higher math or college education. Simply allow those children to undermine their own education by wasting their early years.

How much time have you spent in public schools recently? I was in the local HS yesterday and I assure you - not one thing you have stated here is true about any of the conversations that I either heard or partook.

[jodyel]

No doubt!

[jodyel]

But “party dresses are fun”! LOL

Barbie def has her priorities straight.

[jodyel]

LOL!

[jodyel]

I noticed the same thing so guess that makes me racist too.

[jodyel]

True dat!

[goat granny]

I took algebra in the 9th grade...the teacher took me aside and said he would pass me on a D if I promised not to take any more algebra classes.....true story, I got my D instead of an E so I wouldn’t have to repeat the class...its still funny 60 years later...

[Rodamala]

Smirking... I love FR... it’s great to see like minded people... when I saw that Calvin & Hobbes cartoon strip... I immediately worked out the answer too... just for my satisfaction. That math contest stuff though... no way. I forget all of the infinite series expansions and differential equations I was taught in Engineering School.

I know the reason I forget all that stuff, though... my feeble mind can only recall so much information and Eigenvalue problem solutions and LaPlace Transforms have been supplanted by needing to remember approximately 4,637,289 passwords for ATM cards, bank account and credit card loginIDs, Online Stock Brokerage accounts, 5 rotating email accounts (that the NSA is watching anyways), and then internet games, various forums, Meetup groups, dating websites, “Free” Credit History Reporting websites.... FR and what the Hell, throw in a couple porn websites too.