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24 Post author: Petruchio 04 January 2013 03:18PM

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Comment author: DanArmak 04 January 2013 11:38:42PM 0 points [-]

The great majority of students aren't capable of re-deriving calculus, even with guidance, let alone in the third grade. There's a difference between letting the capable ones do it, and asking a whole class to do it.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 05 January 2013 03:38:08AM 1 point [-]

I wasn't graphing quadratic equations in third grade. Actually, I never did third grade. In fourth grade I was doing fractions, and that only because they let me take math classes with the fifth and sixth graders.

It's not important that they succeed. It -is- important that they try.