<p>There are many many kids who are totally bored in subject that they really love. Manyclasses are simply not challenging enough to make it interesting. Most 12 y o who truly love math and are above average are complaining about very boring classes. Material is not explained sufficiently and it is not at the level of 5th and 6th grade in other countries and the best kids are at risk of loosing interest in subject. This is true for most hard scinece classes. They simply cannot be taught properly for the lack of math background. The program that supposed to spark the interest, destroys it instead. Result - most, even the top caliber kids are not prepared for college in math ans sciences. Resources at colleges are devoted for remedial activities which increases the cost of higher education and many still would fall out of their original track in pre-med, engineering and other science oriented majors. Even something like Music theory might be too challenging at college because of lack of math background. Very very sad, especially after so much money is spent per each student in k - 12.</p>