Since Calculus is a sort of "big picture" view of what everything in Highschool Math actually means and looks like, should there be some kind of Pre-PreCalculus or Calculus Concepts that can be introdeuced around first year highschool? So people could perhaps actually understand what it is they're learning?
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Anonymous2005-03-12 11:01
In Finland we have a 2,5 month summer break, a teacher's union, pretty shitty wages at least for teachers teaching pre-secondary school (16 years and younger), no private schools... most of the time tards have their own special classes, however.
Our kids usually rank pretty high. From what I've understood it's because our curriculum is more demanding from early age on.