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Discussion of a Roger Schank piece about business perceptions of American education. You certainly have to wonder what their thinking is. Schank writes, "Math is core to MasterCard's business? Are they doing a lot of trigonometry over there at MasterCard? Congruent triangles on the MasterCard logo? How exactly is math core to MasterCard's business? Ah. They mean they like people who can add. I am sure they do."

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