LOL. A simple EV drivetrain is easy. A modern EV? It's an engineering work of art, with specialized power electrics, electric motors with power density that is insane, etc.

A lot of complexity is not apparent to classic mechanical engineers, but it's no less real. If anything, it's the gasoline engines that require no real expertise anymore.

Semantics. The last years of Chinese schools are focused on gaokao. It's THE test in China, even though technically it's "just" a university entrance test. So pretty much everyone ends up taking it.

There's also Zhongkao which also will cause poor US snowflake students to become a gibbering mess if they had to take it.

I strive ICE vehicles and will keep buying them, ban or not, EV is not for me and since this is a ban that BMW is talking about, clearly this is not the choice of the people, not a market decision but an imposition by the currently elected officials, who can and will be replaced if they push such unpopular agenda.

the word BAN and the word market are incompatible.

The entire country of China. This is the university entrance exam ("high exam"). They also have a zhongkao ("middle exam") to get admitted into the high school.

That's why I mentioned gaokao. Look at its sample problems: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fmath%2F... Notice a distinct lack of calculator problems and long division?

SAT, ACT, whatever. They both suck because they are WAY too easy.

No, I'm not. Studying any topic is hard work that requires a lot of exercise and practice. And you need objective criteria to measure your progress. You can do competition-style measurements, where you pit yourself against other people. But it's not practical for math. So you're only left with "track running" style measurements, i.e. testing.

Yeah, yeah. The 'dynamic' education will allow synergy with AI-based information workflows empowered by laser-focused goals-based education.

Enough buzzwords? I can add more.

The reality of matter: STEM education requires a lot of effort. And the US schools discourage it. There is no need for any "dynamism" in school math, school students study stuff that hasn't changed in nearly 2 centuries by now.

Oh, do fuck off. The teach-to-test is FINE for math. In fact, it's the absolutely best way to teach it. It's just that the tests _themselves_ have the consistency of wet toilet paper. And since they keep showing just how bad the US education is, they keep getting even mushier: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.collegeboard....

Bring gaokao to the US!

He doesn't seem nicer. For example this quote:

And for a more detailed analysis of the eloquent orator, this article:

It has good libraries. Stability and versioning are shit.

I'd like to see numbers on that. I definitely know Indian immigrants who are willing to hire Americans (and some who aren't).

For people working, I agree with your assessment.

There are lots of reports that education quality suffered significantly from COVID, though. So I expect some of the current new graduates have weaker skills because of that.

Oh good point, you probably hit the main issue right here. At least, without further research, it is now my preferred hypothesis.

Hey, you got half your wish granted already!