Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I was using the following chain of causality, borrowed from Gary Stix: > > "Algebra is worthless" => no algebra skills => no calculus (e.g) => no > science => no technology => even more outsourcing of the entire high > tech industry (I should just say "industry" and have done with it) > > Again, to be clear: My comment was that if enough people in the US > (e.g) are aligned with the mindset described in the referenced article, > then the future of science and technology is not looking rosy there.
Well - I'm arguing against making it a compulsory course the way it is in India. And, at the same time, making science and maths courses interesting, so that people with a genuine interest in it will definitely take such courses. That sure beats the current situation in india, where half the schools "concentrate" on math / phy / chem / bio which is what gets students into IITs / BITS (or "status" med schools like AIIMS / AFMC Pune), even conducting special classes during the summer holidays of board exam years .. while giving cursory treatment, at best, to english, history and other equally important subjects. This is, of course, speaking as somebody who went through all that and then made a ritual of throwing old sci / math textbooks into dumpsters after i scraped through those courses.
