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<p>So true. At my institution, a student wouldn’t be considered calc-ready after the remedial series. She’d be ready for stat, discrete math, math for liberal arts (and before you pooh-pooh it, let me tell you it’s a tough course), but would still have another prerequisite before calc.</p>
<p>And himom, yeah, remedial English really isn’t much different than math. Students are insulted when they get placed because their honors or AP English teacher was really good (we don’t give comp credit for AP) Yet, the need is very great. I know some hs English teachers, and have no doubt they are very good, but they’re under a lot of pressure to give high grades and give students opportunities to improve their grades. As in math, students come in thinking they’re much better than they are. OD2’s lowest grade this semester was in English. I’m not saying a word, no meeting with the teacher, nothing. English isn’t her thing (she’s a math kid) and she 's not as good at it as some of her peers.</p>