Originally Posted by
666HiddenMaster666
Southeast region of Los Angeles, 99% Asians, 8th grade
Too many Geometry students to the point where the lowest passing ones on the Algebra I final were forced to retake Algebra I
If you advance by 1 level each year, it should be Calculus (excluding Statistics since it could be taken anytime after Algebra II) by Junior/11th in high school (Geometry [8th] > Algebra II [9th] > Precalculus/Trigonometry [10th] > Calculus [11th])
Moved to Northern California, 99% Caucasians moderate/conservative Christians, 11th grade
Only 6-15 max (including me) are Juniors taking Calculus
America fails at math in part where intellectual thoughts are barely promoted (barely any football in the high school I was suppose to attend back in LA, so much hype in NorCal)
My conclusion for reason is organized religion because it doesn't promote curiosity but rather being satisfied with the given or even don't care about knowledge
That said, I still have only met 1 or 2 Christians who only try to maintain their relations with just God and the Bible (not sure which version)
So yeah, religion is problem, and if anyone wants to debate on me with that, VM me, make another thread, or something (and don't use people like Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Einstein, or other well respected and credited scientists that are SOMEWHAT religious; they're the 1 in many ratio of smarts to idiots)