From there, with course ratings more consistent, mathematics could probably do the rest.

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Do not expect students to know the basics of mathematics, chemistry and physics.

FORBES: Ben Stein

Given my background, it is not surprising that my favorite parts of the book have to do with physics and mathematics.

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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.

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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.

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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.

ECONOMIST: Plowden��s progress

"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.

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