Math Skills Show Little Growth
Testing of American fourth- and eighth-graders shows that only four out of 10 are proficient in mathematics, a figure that has not improved since 2007. What do you think?
Ann Gaddis,
Fan-Blade Aligner
"Oh, no. All of our high-paying jobs differentiating between parallelograms and rhombuses are sure to go to the Chinese."
Patrick Fanning,
Galvanizer
"Well, duh. Everyone knows history is where it's at."
Steve Weid,
Systems Analyst
"Oh hell, when is the real world ever going to have any use for today’s American kids anyway?"
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