Why Do Americans Stink At Math

Thread title is the article title... and the answer appears to be, "We've always done it this way before."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/magazine/why-do-americans-stink-at-math.html?hpw&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHedThumbWell&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

Read the whole thing. It's a long read but it's eye-opening.

 

There's only one number you need to know: 6.

 

Americans stink at everything.

America is the worst.

Except at football. We are the best at football.

 

We're not so good at punctuation, either?

 

Or soccer.

 

Apparently we're very good at white Xs inside black boxes.

 

Once you go box black, you never go back.

 

Jesus told George Washington there would be no math.

 

Let's try it again:

 

A lot of Americans hate math.

And, very few love math like they do in other cultures:

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/28/295789948/the-real-problem

 

Americans as a rule aren't real big fans of anything that's hard.