Harder and more challenging science and math courses in Texas?

Question

I was watching the nine o' clock news and they did a report on the educational system in Texas. It is required that high school students in Texas have two to three years of mathematics and science. The school board wants to add another year or two of more challenging math and science courses to make students better prepared for math in college. I have to disagree. First, I realize you need to take college algebra as part of the core curriculum but math is not going to be everyone's focus. What if someone wants to major in history and become a public historian? The job requires research, written and oral skills not math. Communications requires you to be good with English not math. No one is going to need to know geometry for that. Second, if a college student majors in Chemistry then t math is fine. Third, most students have a hard time grasping math. I suck at math and was always better at language arts. I think the students need to make the decision not the school board.

Answer 1

Good for Texas students!