bill gates says america has a math problem

the philanthropist offered three ways to fix america’s math issues.
 
by rick richardson
technology this week

when bill gates was in eighth grade, a teacher asked him why he was “so lazy” in math class. he responded, rather boldly, that the class was “not doing anything interesting.”

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the co-founder of microsoft and philanthropist is quite talented at math and likes it, but he also admits that math is “america’s least favorite subject.”

in essence, gates claims that math education hasn’t advanced to match the pace of society.