This doesnt seem that bad (Score 0)

As I understand it - the English system forces a high amount of specialization from an early age with the a level deal. Why do we need a future political science major taking all kinds of math? The mechanical issues and such that you guys were talking about are due mainly to appropriation of resources. If fewer kids are taking math - then math teachers can concentrate on teaching kids who are really gifted. Math is becoming less essential nowadays anyway for a lot of fields, and we should have the choice to add it to our problem solving vocabulary at will. Like how you go out and learn a new programming language if youve got a problem you need to solve.