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Maybe history, social studies, government, or economics classes in highschool should use a spreadsheet to show basic data analysis and statistics (mean, median, mode, stdev).

It would be good if there was a more basic understanding of how an "average" can hide a lot of inequality. I don't really see getting rid of angles and algebra to cover something "outside of STEM".

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> (mean, median, mode, stdev)

You are taught this is 6th or 7th grade. The students just don't remember, or lack the ability to contextualize it in the workplace.

This is where taking a more holistic approach to curriculum planning would pay off. If the weeks after you were taught these (or any other) concepts in math class they start showing up in your science and geography classes, you'd probably remember them better and have a better understanding of how to use them.

You assume the people teaching those subjects could do that.

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