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		icelancer on Sept 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: School is a prison and damaging our kids >Educators tend to be big on calculus because it correlates with college success [1]. I strongly, strongly suspect the arrow points the other way.

mathattack on Sept 5, 2013 [–]

Yes, this is why so many social science correlations break down after they get published.

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