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I think : the Russians ar/ ahead of the United States in the scientific field at the present time. ; The Russian students have much more drilling in math and'science than the American students dp. When a dhfld first starts school in Russia, he is given an introduction to math ind science. By the time the student reaches the fourth grade,, he is taking algebra] and rlane geometry. In the fourth md fifth grades a student is given it least one hour of homework in nath and science each night. The itudent begins his work in calculus] md chemistry during the sixth and i ieventh grades. During high chool the student take* courses in rhysics, ‘dynamics, and analytical * ;eome try. in the elementary chools in Russia a student is given rom onc to two, hours homework i night, and" this amount gradually ncrease* .until the student has rom four to five hours homevork a night by the time he inishes high' school. In all, the ’ussian student receives from welve to fifteen years of work in nath and science, j The United States has not prog<~«ed fast enough ip the scientific eld. The American people have ntertained the secure belief that re United States would always be head of Russia in the scientific eld. Many reports were given by
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