Saturday, September 5, 2009

No Textbooks For English-Speaking Math Students

English-speaking students in Grade 11 math classes have to make do with photocopies.

From CTV:

Thousands of English-speaking students in Grade 11 math classes will be forced to make do with photocopies and second-rate manuals for the time being, because their English-language textbooks are not yet ready.

Thanks in part to the province's five-year-old reform in high schools, the books are written in French, and require English translation before they can be handed out to students.

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My Comment: This happens every year, and the math textbooks are terrible. It is clear that they have been translated from a french textbook .... producing a book that is confusing in some sections.

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