| ▲ | thrawa8387336 5 days ago |
| No, that was the purpose of high school. As not practiced in public schools, as not practiced in the US |
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| ▲ | 998244353 5 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| No, it's both. The purpose of high school is to give you a wide foundation on everything. The purpose of an undergraduate degree (in math) is to give you a wide foundation (in math). In a (math) PhD, you are generally hyper-specialized in a very, very narrow area (of math). |
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| ▲ | griffzhowl 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Although the end goal of a PhD is a specialized thesis, the first couple of years generally involves courses with a wide coverage of analysis and algebra at the graduate level. Given her achievements, I'd be very surprised if Cairo hasn't already covered the material in an undergrad degree |
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| ▲ | MangoToupe 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This is the entire premise of a liberal arts education. Not everyone pursues one, but it's certainly well-represented at the tertiary education level. |
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| ▲ | susiecambria 5 days ago | parent [-] | | I've not studied this, but my guess is that the liberal arts education as the foundation is necessary to allow young people a chance to figure out who they are. I certainly found this to be true for me and would guess for my closest college friends. If a young person is exceptional, do we force them into a liberal arts box? Surely there is value in literature and history. But this one young woman had found her passion. I have to believe that is she found out about something else, she would take that on. | | |
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