“I graduated on June 1, 1996. That was 10,167 days ago, and it has been 10,167 days that I have not used algebra,” Farnsworth said on the Senate floor.
“I graduated on June 1, 1996. That was 10,167 days ago, and it has been 10,167 days that I have not used algebra,” Farnsworth said on the Senate floor.
“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.