[Leptyne]

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Sir,

Assuming your article is true, and I have no doubt it is, what is the answer? How do you convice parents a math/science education is worth more than what is currently offered? The sad news is most parents would rather have their children march in the band, or play on a winning football team than be a math scholar. I work at a cable company and the most common across the board response about cable is,"My kids gotta have cartoons." I have co-workers who cannot wait until their sons are playing football for the state college team. I found out that in the local school district the third graders are timed over and over on the same arithmetic problems so they make a good showing on the state proficiency test.
So my question to you is how do you get people to change their thinking about what is important?

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As the father of a young man that played QB for the largest high school in the country I couldn't agree with you more. I've been preaching forever that a college education is not unlike sports. If your grades are good enough, if you're good enough, you can get drafted by the business world straight out of college and make more than a lot of pro athletes. But what kid wants to listen to an old man? There is nothing more useless than un-asked-for advice.