On May 13, 3:28=A0pm, Bob LeChevalier <loj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Beliavsky <beliav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >According to the article, entering college students are having trouble
> >with questions such as these:
>
> >6/7 * 42 =3D?
>
> >-5 * ((-2)*(-3) + 9) =3D?
>
> >(2*x^2*y) * (-x^3) * (y^2) =3D?
>
> >Students who cannot handle the first two questions are unqualified to
> >enter an academic junior high school (grades 7-9), and those who
> >cannot handle the last should not be entering an academic high school
> >(grades 10-12). Otherwise their time and the taxpayer's money is being
> >wasted.
>
> If they are a literature or art or psychology major, I doubt it. =A0
Since psychology is a social science, a psychology major should be
able to pass a college-level course in statistics, which requires some
skill in algebra.
> Of course your ilk probably considers that even offering non-math-based
> majors is a waste of taxpayer money.
I think higher education should be primarily be funded by students,
their families, and private student loans (not backed by the
government). Private lenders would probably charge students who are
poorly-prepared or majoring in impractical subjects higher interest
rates. The current system of federal subsidies encourages colleges to
enroll students who don't belong in college.
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