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Math education in North America

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I've met people from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East who think that the math education in North America is too easy, that they don't challenge people until somewhere in university. What do you think of that?
How old are you, and where are you from? NA = North America, AS = Asia, Eu = Europe, ME = Middle East, O = Other
<18 NA
<18 As
<18 EU
<18 ME
<18 O
18+ NA
18+ AS
18+ EU
18+ ME
18+ O
What do you think of North American math education, and do you live inside or outside of North America? Other questions later will be also asking if you live inside or outside NA.
It's easy (NA)
It's easy (outside NA)
It's on par with the world (NA)
It's on par with the world (Outside NA)
It's tougher than most of the world (NA)
It's tougher than most of the world (Outside NA)
At what level do you think students should have to deal with calculus, or at least the basics of it?
By grade 9 (NA)
By grade 9 (outside NA)
By grade 12 (NA)
By grade 12 (outside NA)
In early university (NA)
In early university (outside NA)
In mid to late university (NA)
In mid to late university (outside NA)
When did you find math got tough for you?
Middle of grade school (NA)
Middle of grade school (outside NA)
End of grade school (NA)
End of grade school (outside NA)
End of high school (NA)
End of high school (outside NA)
University (NA)
University (outside NA)
Never (NA)
Never (outside NA)
Has math been de-emphasized in North American schools?
Yes (NA)
Yes (outside NA)
No (NA)
No (Outside NA)
A bit (NA)
A bit (outside NA).
When do you think that students should take an aptitude test to see if it's worth putting them in regular math vs easier math?
Never, they should all have a shot (NA)
Never, they should all have a shot (outside NA)
End of grade school (NA)
End of grade school (outside NA)
Middle of high school (NA)
Middle of high school (outside NA)
This is moreso about education in general: After what level of education do you think the school system should encourage or allow students not doing well to go into trades instead of University?
Never (NA)
Never (outside NA)
After grade school (NA)
After grade school (outside NA)
After high school (NA)
After high school (outside NA)
Will you please leave comments, about the poll design or the topic?
Yes
No
This poll was created on 2007-05-07 17:50:10 by Nickismynickname