>On May 13, 3:28=A0pm, Bob LeChevalier lojban.org> wrote:

>> Beliavsky aol.com> wrote:

>

>>>According to the article, entering college students are having trouble
>>>with questions such as these:

>>>6/7 * 42 =3D?

>>>-5 * ((-2)*(-3) + 9) =3D?

>>>(2*x^2*y) * (-x^3) * (y^2) =3D?

>>>Students who cannot handle the first two questions are unqualified to
>>>enter an academic junior high school (grades 7-9), and those who
>>>cannot handle the last should not be entering an academic high school
>>>(grades 10-12). Otherwise their time and the taxpayer's money is being
>>>wasted.

>> If they are a literature or art or psychology major, I doubt it. =A0

>Since psychology is a social science, a psychology major should be
>able to pass a college-level course in statistics, which requires some
>skill in algebra.