In the US all students attend university prep high schools. All students take classes which are supposed to prepare students for college.
Is this true for your country?
With the need for so many relatively high level of math teachers, is there any wonder how so many bad math teachers we have in the US?
I witnesses one 8th grade math teacher teach his students that the ratio for volume of cylinder to cone with same height and radius is two to one. I asked him why he believed this is true and he said, "because a cylinder has two circles and a cone has one."
He also told his students that there is no way to know which sides are corresponding if triangle abc is similar to triangle rst.
Why is he teaching math? Because the US tries to teach so many kids.
The post that was quoted here has been removedLooks like China wants to provide education for all until the age of 15, but many kids can't afford school so drop out even at 9.
In the US education is a forced requirement. If you don't go to school your parents can go to jail. Kids resent going to school.
Looks like in China those who go to school actually want to be there. They also spend more hours in school than in yhe US.
One other thing, it looks like China's education system does not attempt to educate kids in rural areas, just cities.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/brightside.me/wonder-places/10-facts-about-chinese-education-i-learned-while-being-a-teacher-in-china-226310/amp/
After reading this, I do not believe that low preforming students stay in school until they are 15.
Those who do stay in school certainly learn to work.
Originally posted by @eladarIf this is a debate what is your premise and why are you in this forum?
In the US all students attend university prep high schools. All students take classes which are supposed to prepare students for college.
Is this true for your country?
With the need for so many relatively high level of math teachers, is there any wonder how so many bad math teachers we have in the US?
I witnesses one 8th grade math teacher teach hi ...[text shortened]... similar to triangle rst.
Why is he teaching math? Because the US tries to teach so many kids.
Originally posted by @wolfgang59It is not a debate, just a discussion. Perhaps what works and doesn't work coud be discussed and false beliefs exposed.
If this is a debate what is your premise and why are you in this forum?
For instance, Singapore has a great practice for getting high scores, kick out the bottom third. Kick out large chunks of low performing kids and scores go up.