At 09:21 AM 03/31/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Of course, the accompanying problem is that when we track students because
>of what (they think) they want to do (now), we limit their options. Too
>often we have used that to discriminate against those we believe cannot
>"make it" into the 4 year colleges. Much later, when they decide to change
>careers or decide to go further in theirs, they have to go back and take
>the mathematics course they avoided earlier. For that reason, we here at
>Hunter have gotten rid of our Chemistry for Nurses, Physics for Poets type
>courses. Those nurses and poets show up a few years later determined to be
>doctors and have to virtually start over. If the mathematics is taught
>properly, all these students can learn the factoring, etc. and be better
>off for it.
>
>My own slant, of course.
>Sandi Clarkson
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