---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:50:40 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate ... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches (Was: > Multiple NAT layers)) > > Gabriel Sechan wrote: >> >> ---------------------------------------- >>> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:12:59 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: >>> [email protected] Subject: Re: Schooling funding debate >>> ... again (Was Re: Wifi leeches (Was: Multiple NAT layers)) >>> >>> Andrew Lentvorski wrote: [snip] >>>> I find this very suspect. A dedicated high school diploma is >>>> simply not going to be able to teach calculus and physics >>>> effectively no matter what you claim. >>> Calculus and physics are no longer high school subjects except in >>> the AP classes. >>> >> Wrong. Physics is especially wrong. In Illinois, as of 10 years ago >> and from teacher friends the same si still true, 3 years of science >> are required. The vast majority of students end up with 1 year of >> chem, 1 year of bio, and 1 year of physics. Calculus is still the >> 4th year math class there, and a good portion of the school takes it- >> at least 20%. > > That's Illinois, not California. > > Grab a current syllabus from one of the schools in LA or Oakland. > Then fix the California curriculum. That doesn't make them not high school subjects. I would be willing to bet they still are even in many parts of California.
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