In the process of buying and turning round more than 30 companies, he realised that a third of the employees he encountered were illiterate and two-thirds could not do basic mathematics.
Given my background, it is not surprising that my favorite parts of the book have to do with physics and mathematics.
Academic philosophers use scientific method and mathematics to do their philosophy.
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As noted above, U.S. 4th graders do fairly well in mathematics and science, but by the time they graduate from high school, U.S. students are nowhere near being "first in the world" in either subject.
From there, with course ratings more consistent, mathematics could probably do the rest.
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The school adopted an extremely informal style in which pupils could do what they liked: mathematics or football, English or tie-dyeing.
And the report refers to two chemistry tutors who said although their course did not require A-level mathematics it should do so.
Do not expect students to know the basics of mathematics, chemistry and physics.
The authors say that rather than making the qualification compulsory the challenge is to provide a "clear and attractive alternative" for students who achieve good grades in GCSE maths but do not currently go on to study AS or A-level mathematics.
"Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do not speak foreign languages, and we just need to speak louder in English, " he said.
They hire better-qualified teachers, and more of them, offering higher salaries to lure those with qualifications in difficult subjects such as physics, mathematics and foreign languages, and now have twice as many teachers per pupil as state schools do.
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