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RE: I HATE math; I LOVE math. Is it me, and only me, the one with this dilemma? The importance of mathematics !!
At the school were I am teaching we follow the Independent Examination Boars Curriculum and they split maths at high school level in exactly those two part.
That's interesting. Is it working? In the sense that those students who do not wish to study more abstract maths are at least functionally competent in more practical mathematics?
This is actually a very old idea going back to medieval and renaissance Italy where workshops would teach functional topics such as accounting, geometry, navigation etc.
I think it is, but I can ask the two maths teachers and get a more definite answer for you.