<p>My friend said she was very GLAD her kids had to take remedial courses in college to help them brush up on English and math. I’m glad mine have not had to, as both had thorough preparation in HS. </p>
<p>I recall my sophomore year in college, when I was a teaching assistant in sociology. I was very concerned that many of the short answers for class assignments were very poorly written (hard to even understand what they students were trying to convey) and shyly suggested to some of the students that they consider taking English courses. A few of the students were quite offended and proudly said that their English teachers considered them great writers (made me shudder).</p>
<p>I also remember a college statistics course for non-science majors I took where some people asked if we could form a study group and I could lead it. Neither of the other students knew the relationship between a fraction and a decimal. By the end of the term, they both had a good understanding of statistics, acquired SOME number sense and all of us got As in the course.</p>