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if he can get that far into calculus, he wouldnt be having problem with math skills. its the people struggling with aritmetic, or early algebra thats problematic. i think the early books in ALG1 and 2 and geo, are just a little to convoluted for people to learn, because its mostly abstract word problems. plus the teachers in our HS dont even teach the subject properly at all, they expect you to know how to do it already in the early 2000s. same went for chemistry, and adv algebra, just poor teaching skills at least in our school. hence why alot of hs comes out with such poor math skills.
I think he doesn't need math tutoring. He needs someone to sit with him while he does his homework, and he needs encouragement. Our education system just marches people through to graduation without giving them the chance to breathe.
But, I agree, our teachers have been struggling for decades.
precisely, no one taught me algebra, and it was vaguely mentioned in Middle school(because only above average graded kids(not gifted or exceptional) go to learn it. i partially learned it on my own, and funny enough i had to take math below algebra again, and it was just more annoying than learning algebra. just needed alot of pratice to be honest, the hs teachers expected you already know it by the time they mention the problems, outside from a portion of the students that already knew how to do the word problems most wernt taught. lets not get started with english(writing papers) that was different beast.