That’s the most anti-intellectual, dumb shit I’ve heard all week. Of course it’s a Republican. “Hey kids, we’re only gonna teach you how to work in a McDonald’s for paltry minimum wage because that’s all you’re gonna do!”. Fucking asshole

Looking at the curriculum, this is all things that I covered in middle school. I think the more advanced parts may have been touched on in my first year of high school. What are students in the US studying where middle school math is a graduation requirement?

"He’s talked about how I probably never experienced that rush of completing an algebra problem, and I probably shouldn’t say this on the Senate floor, but no I didn’t … because I wasn’t a nerd,” Farnsworth said."

Getting rid of algebra is a bad idea, but that's hilarious.

I can see where he's coming from. Going to a credit system as opposed to a set course would allow for more flexibility in what students learn. You could offer things like stats, finance, etc. It's just probably a bad idea to do it when scientific literacy is so low that a large fraction of people aren't convinced climate change is real.

Motherfucker used algebra to figure out how long it's been since he learned algebra, then claims he doesn't use algebra.

probably the reason math gets so much hate in school is because it’s taught so poorly. it’s all just about memorizing some dumb formulas and plugging things into preselected equations. math is so much more than that, and it’s really a shame that it’s not taught in a way that encourages more creativity.

here’s a paper written by a mathematician on this very subject (i promise it’s readable): https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf

We need to ban public officials from sending their children to private schools.

I'm all for that. Replace the classtime with civics.