nostr:npub15vk3anay9j0vdqhreuq4nwv6ny4r7wwem752nft59vw7fcjt0htszcndy9 Been that way for ages. Don't even know if it was ever compulsory. According to the article, around 85% of students do some level of maths.
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They had it right in the old days where if you weren't that bright you went to trade school and if poorfags had unexpectedly bright kids they gave them special placements and scholarships.
All those boomer teachers bullshitted to us and steered us away from trades that could have paid for houses for us by now.
Yes, by us I mean me.