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I suppose you could do something like
  • 6 years of basic numeracy (but get it right! - this is about acquiring the math as a language, not about what you do with math) in primary school
  • 3 years of discrete mathematics (basic probability and statistics, problem-solving, algorithms - which would introduce the basics of algebra, geometry and analysis as well, but informally) for everyone, and then
  • 3 years of higher math (linear algebra, calculus, geometry) for those on a science track.


When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 17th, 2008 at 01:01:00 PM EST
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Which is essentially how it is done in France. Halas, the second part focuses more on geometry and algebra rather than probabilities and algorithms...

And of course, the science track is so much more prestigious than all the cool kids who want to do political science, commerce, law, often take it...

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by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Wed Jun 18th, 2008 at 05:58:10 AM EST
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