Current Events > California State Universities eliminate math requirement to boost graduation

(+) Yeah! (+)

RebelElite791 posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

Annihilated posted...

But computer science students will still have to take a philosophy or gender studies course to graduate, just as long as it's something that propagates leftist indoctrination.

This isn't a thing.

And I can see why intermediate algebra wouldn't necessarily be useful to people outside STEM disciplines who otherwise have a grasp of everyday math.

Yes it absolutely IS a thing

As a physics major I have course requirements for humanities, sociology, "international", and "multicultural" classes. I have to take this bullshit.

But yeah tell us more about how STEM majors need an Intro to Gay Plays class while Liberal Arts majors don't need to know any math beyond basic algebra.
---

lilORANG posted...

Patty_Fleur posted...

It's impossible for it to be objective

so do you think Abraham Lincoln being our 16th president is just some widely held opinion?

No. But I'm a 100 percent true that some "facts" in our history books are completely false. Literally no internet and video recording devices for most of human history. Some mother fucker just recorded what he wanted.
---

voldothegr8 posted...

I blame common core math, what shit that is, or hopefully was.

common core is closer to how other counties that are above you guys teach math than how you used to teach it
---

At Cal State, about 40% of freshmen each year are considered not ready for college-level work and required to take remedial classes that do not count toward their degrees.

What a hilarious statistic. I like how the response to admitting such a high percentage of kids that are woefully under prepared is to get rid of the remedial class to push them through anyways.

Maybe don't admit so many unprepared students? I'm glad they aren't getting rid of the math requirement in general though. Wish the original article was more clear on that part, but whatever. :^)
---

WizardPowers posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

I blame common core math, what shit that is, or hopefully was.

common core is closer to how other counties that are above you guys teach math than how you used to teach it

Source?
---

SomeGuyUO posted...

Did you idiots even read? They're only getting rid of remedial math courses not your standard math courses.

How about just rejecting applicants that are simply not even college-ready to start with instead of dumbing down requirements?
---

DanHarenChamp posted...

except "California man" implies someone who is well off, who can afford to live in california, enjoys the finer things in life, and is generally intelligent. "Florida man" implies the exact opposite.

LOL California Man implies cuck with daddy's money.
---

voldothegr8 posted...

WizardPowers posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

I blame common core math, what shit that is, or hopefully was.

common core is closer to how other counties that are above you guys teach math than how you used to teach it

Source?

just look at any state's common core state standards. Common core focuses much, much more on teaching number sense than your old "traditional"(is that what it is called?) way. Which falls in line more with Chinese, Japanese, and other countriess math education.

It's not perfect (far from it) but it's closer than the old way
---

--kresnik-- posted...

You've got twelve fucking years to teach these kids to read, write, and solve basic math. Seriously? Basic math...

public education lmao
---

Broseph_Stalin posted...

SomeGuyUO posted...

Did you idiots even read?

CE is full of illiterate NEETS who look down on college students like they made the wrong decision.

They did tho....well most of them
---

PoopMcgee420 posted...

Trump is my president.

Broseph_Stalin posted...

PoopMcgee420 posted...

Trump is my president.

Yes that's how life as an American works.
---

Doe posted...

DanHarenChamp posted...

except "California man" implies someone who is well off, who can afford to live in california, enjoys the finer things in life, and is generally intelligent. "Florida man" implies the exact opposite.

LOL California Man implies cuck with daddy's money.

You're a 16 year old who cries about white genocide on video game forums.
---

and this is what happens when you force everyone to get a traditional education: the quality of education lowers. college is for those who want to learn in order to further their own goals in life, not for the commonfolk.

NES4EVER posted...

Patty_Fleur posted...

RebelElite791 posted...

ThePrinceFish posted...

So... they still have to take stupid ass requirements like 6 units of any of these barn burner courses rather than three units of math.

Math in general is still a requirement and I'd say world history is far more useful across all disciplines than intermediate algebra.

Fuck history. It's impossible for it to be objective. People literally write what they want you to think. I doubt history is even accurate all the time. Math and Science are the purest disciplines. You actually have to practice to get good. History you literally just sit there and listen.

A surprisingly stupid post from someone who says they are a teacher.

lilORANG posted...

Patty_Fleur posted...

It's impossible for it to be objective

so do you think Abraham Lincoln being our 16th president is just some widely held opinion?

The right here is just bitching to bitch.

When I was a Comp Sci major, all needed to take for a soc credit was socialology 101.

Quit your bitching.
---

Great, more time in the curriculum for Gender Studies and Advanced Theories of Minority Oppression courses.
---

The Admiral posted...

Great, more time in the curriculum for Gender Studies and Advanced Theories of Minority Oppression courses.

That's not happening and you know it.

Shut the fuck up.
---

The Admiral posted...

Great, more time in the curriculum for Gender Studies and Advanced Theories of Minority Oppression courses.

lol

Look at the little man who feels the need to spread false propaganda.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

When I was a Comp Sci major,

Lmfao hahahahahahah
---

That's dumb. I struggled with Algebra had to take the class three times to finally get a C and pass. When you ad letters to math by brain shuts down. Yet I passed and god my degree. Sure I forgot everything by now.
---

PoopMcgee420 posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

When I was a Comp Sci major,

Lmfao hahahahahahah

What?

I switched after 2.5 years cause I lost interest in them. Went for a business degree instead of doing something I didn't love.

Sorry that you're all upset about that.
---

sktgamer_13dude posted...

PoopMcgee420 posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

When I was a Comp Sci major,

Lmfao hahahahahahah

What?

I switched after 2.5 years cause I lost interest in the comp sci classes. Went for a business degree instead of doing something I didn't love.

Sorry that you're all upset about that.

you sure you didnt switch because it was too hard?
---

lmao nothing like social promotion
---

Transcendentia posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

PoopMcgee420 posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

When I was a Comp Sci major,

Lmfao hahahahahahah

What?

I switched after 2.5 years cause I lost interest in the comp sci classes. Went for a business degree instead of doing something I didn't love.

Sorry that you're all upset about that.

you sure you didnt switch because it was too hard?

Well considering I was getting As and Bs in those classes before switching, yeah?

Last comp sci class I took, I got a B without doing the homework. Did really well on the tests. Got an A in my Assembly class.

Keep being upset though Proudclod.
---

Still need it for major requirements I'm sure.
---

sktgamer_13dude posted...

PoopMcgee420 posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

When I was a Comp Sci major,

Lmfao hahahahahahah

What?

I switched after 2.5 years cause I lost interest in the comp sci classes. Went for a business degree instead of doing something I didn't love.

Sorry that you're all upset about that.

Idk if im confusing you with another poster with "skater" in their name but the person im thinking of couldn't even turn on an ipad...not to mention me laughing isnt being upset. Not sure you projected

Hope your happy with ur college decisions
---

lmao
---

George Carlin was right. . . society is past the tipping point and will not just slowly destroy itself. At least we can have some fun on the way down
---

lmao. This is insane

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Well considering I was getting As and Bs in those classes before switching, yeah?

Last comp sci class I took, I got a B without doing the homework. Did really well on the tests. Got an A in my Assembly class.

Keep being upset though Proudclod.

You're college educated and still this hypersensitive and prone to daily meltdowns? Wow.
---

The Admiral posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Well considering I was getting As and Bs in those classes before switching, yeah?

Last comp sci class I took, I got a B without doing the homework. Did really well on the tests. Got an A in my Assembly class.

Keep being upset though Proudclod.

You're college educated and still this hypersensitive and prone to daily meltdowns? Wow.

Well of course...thats what liberal college kids major in
---

The Admiral posted...

Great, more time in the curriculum for Gender Studies and Advanced Theories of Minority Oppression courses.

Don't forget art degrees.
---

PoopMcgee420 posted...

The Admiral posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Well considering I was getting As and Bs in those classes before switching, yeah?

Last comp sci class I took, I got a B without doing the homework. Did really well on the tests. Got an A in my Assembly class.

Keep being upset though Proudclod.

You're college educated and still this hypersensitive and prone to daily meltdowns? Wow.

Well of course...thats what liberal college kids major in

Better than conservative kids who just troll the entire time.

The Admiral posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Well considering I was getting As and Bs in those classes before switching, yeah?

Last comp sci class I took, I got a B without doing the homework. Did really well on the tests. Got an A in my Assembly class.

Keep being upset though Proudclod.

You're college educated and still this hypersensitive and prone to daily meltdowns? Wow.

ITP: calling out your propaganda posts is a meltdown

You literally claim to work on Wall Street and all you do is shitpost about damn liberals and race while advocating for racial profiling.

So you should probably shut the fuck up.
---

sktgamer_13dude posted...

ITP: calling out your propaganda posts is a meltdown

Dude, everyone knows you're Charmin soft and can't control your emotions when someone disagrees with you. You're the same guy literally loses his shit over harmless posts I make on the MLB board, such that everyone else calls you an immature baby. Remember this great meltdown?

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000206-sports-and-racing-baseball/74098032

I always thought the 13 in your username was your age. Your behavior is really inexcusable for an "adult."
---

The Admiral posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

ITP: calling out your propaganda posts is a meltdown

Dude, everyone knows your Charmin soft and can't control your emotions when someone disagrees with you. You're the same guy literally loses his shit over harmless posts I make on the MLB board, such that everyone else calls you an immature baby. Remember this great meltdown?

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000206-sports-and-racing-baseball/74098032

"You freaked out once on that board and haven't since. Melt down!!!!!!"

I literally have no responded to you on any other board since then. Still stay upset Mr "I believe in racial profiling"
---

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Better than conservative kids who just troll the entire time.
.

But theyre the ones actually majoring in stuff that matters and actually have money and jobs.
---

sktgamer_13dude posted...

"You freaked out once on that board and haven't since. Melt down!!!!!!"

I literally have no responded to you on any other board since then. Still stay upset Mr "I believe in racial profiling"

Yup. Lmfao dude is having a meltdown as we speak
---

Since when is business a liberal major? I majored in accounting which was in the business school. Took a bunch of other business classes because all majors in the business college are required to take other business courses as well. Stuff like Econ and Finance and ISDS had many math and statistics concepts intertwined. May not be considered STEM in the technical since but it's not far off and there's definitely skills taught there relevant to future jobs
---

Half the people in this topic have never set foot in a fucking college before.

Gender Studies is a required course? lmao please, stop believing everything you read on The_Donald.
---

REMercsChamp posted...

Yeah, who needs math in this day and age

Honestly this. If you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide then your good in the real world.
---

glitteringfairy posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Yeah, who needs math in this day and age

Honestly this. If you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide then your good in the real world.

.... Literally fractions, measurements, & percentages....

Fuck why do i visit CE
---

They should get rid of all the dumb gen ed requirements.
---

The Admiral posted...

sktgamer_13dude posted...

ITP: calling out your propaganda posts is a meltdown

Dude, everyone knows you're Charmin soft and can't control your emotions when someone disagrees with you. You're the same guy literally loses his shit over harmless posts I make on the MLB board, such that everyone else calls you an immature baby. Remember this great meltdown?

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/2000206-sports-and-racing-baseball/74098032

I always thought the 13 in your username was your age. Your behavior is really inexcusable for an "adult."

You used to cleverly troll people... now you're just picking the easy fruit and mailing it in daily.

You changed, man.
---

Trade school ftw. I only had 6 hours of classes a week for 5 years, and it only cost me a grand total of $3,000 without grants. I was enrolled at St Vincent but backed out when I got accepted into the trade school (it was really hard to get into since it's tied into a Union and I don't have any relatives in my Union). Starting salary was 70k+ with guaranteed work after I graduated and I live in an area where you can buy a pretty nice house for that much money.

Not for everybody but I'm really happy with my decision. I would like to go to college some day though as a backup plan in case I get injured and become disabled/unable to keep doing my job.
---

They're just getting rid of the remedial classes. They still require that admitted students take 3 years of math in high school (so all admitted students must have already taken Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II). Obviously, California's extensive CC system can take care of remedial math classes for students who need them.

As far as everyone complaining about taking non-STEM classes when they were in college, you had a choice of which college to attend when you applied for schools. Not all colleges require taking "liberal" classes, and many colleges give you a choice of which GE class to take. You can also choose the professor, too, which should be the most important factor in the decision of which classes you take.
---

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Trade school ftw. I only had 6 hours of classes a week for 5 years, and it only cost me a grand total of $3,000 without grants. I was enrolled at St Vincent but backed out when I got accepted into the trade school (it was really hard to get into since it's tied into a Union and I don't have any relatives in my Union). Starting salary was 70k+ with guaranteed work after I graduated and I live in an area where you can buy a pretty nice house for that much money.

Not for everybody but I'm really happy with my decision. I would like to go to college some day though as a backup plan in case I get injured and become disabled/unable to keep doing my job.

Be sure to transition to management/supervisor positions when you can. Jobs with extensive labor can take a huge toll on the body, especially when you get older.
---

Of course it's cali
---

I would do trade school but I don't agree with aggressive drug testing. Otherwise, t would be awesome.
---