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Old 10-07-2010, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by scrapperjade View Post
Ok seriously people. Do your kids learn advanced algebra in grade 6 and do calculus in Junior year??? LOL!

Maybe it's because I live in a tiny podunk town in the middle of nowhere, but I never even learned this stuff by the time I graduated high school! In grade 3 we were JUST beginning to learn our multiplication, and in grade 4, the most complicated thing we did were beginner fractions & decimals!
That is how it was for me growing up too jae.. I have no idea what the curriculum is like for 4th grade here where I am but I have a feeling (99% sure) it isn't this advanced.. I do believe on a whole canada's curriculum is behind what is learned in the states.. I have no idea if that is good or not. LOL

Sometimes I think getting so advanced is just TOO much. Kids still need to be taught common math - accounting etc.. I remember in highschool the higher math class just focused on calculus and geometry and algebra... nothing at all that was actually useful in day to day life :/

I hate math..
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