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Should Maths be made optional for students?

Students at LaGuardia High School in New York have been staging a sit-in to protest against bei...

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09.56 1 Jul 2019


Should Maths be made optional for students?


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09.56 1 Jul 2019


Students at LaGuardia High School in New York have been staging a sit-in to protest against being forced to study maths until they are 18. Pupils say they are wasting too much of their time obsessing over equations when they should be following their passions. 


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