Word: maths
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Yesterday's Financial Times headline said it all: "US students flunk test." Confirming what we already knew, but were afraid to admit, a recent international study of high school seniors found the math and science skills of the U.S. students to be among the worst of the nations participating in the survey. The Financial Times adds insult to injury, noting (in their U.S. edition only) that "the US only scored higher than three nations--Lithuania, Cyprus and South Africa." These results offer us another opportunity to take a more serious look at President Clinton's plan for national standards...
...enjoy unparalleled prosperity, we have a huge arsenal, and astounding civil liberties. Why should we accept an international benchmark for education? This is the jingoistic version of the challenge, but there is a moral ground to this argument as well. Who says that being good at science and math has anything to do with being a good citizen, or even a good person...
...being able to do seventh grade math quickly means I finally get to win the game, I thought, then yes--I'm a freak...
...high school without ever taking ordinary physics, as I followed my school's overeager custom of taking advanced courses without their prerequisites. Perhaps you are familiar with the feeling. You walk into the room on the first day of class, thinking, "Well, I've never taken a real math or science class before, but hey, I'm here to learn." As you take your seat, listening to your fellow students talk while waiting for the teacher to arrive, it begins to dawn on you that 98 percent of the other people in the room are making jokes in which...
According to the Math Club's communications chair, Lisa J. Powell '01, Lexington High School's results were also the best of all three contests...