Also, there is the delicate balance between "teaching stats more rigorously" and "having UGs walk away from the course en masse because they can't hack the calculus". A lot of people in UG psych have frankly poor levels of mathematics. /3
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Replying to @sTeamTraen @rmwillen
Here is the UK universities page discussing typical entry requirements for UG psych. It suggests that it is entirely possible to be admitted having studied essentially no maths since the age of 16. https://www.ucas.com/ucas/subject-guide-list/psychology … /endpic.twitter.com/tRHG5kkZak
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Replying to @sTeamTraen @rmwillen
I always have a culture shock at this stuff because every high schooler in Cyprus does calculus, linear algebra, etc. Yes, if you choose it you do more of it, but if you don't you will do tons starting from middle school (where you don't get choices anyway).
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In the UK most don’t even study their own government. Like they don’t know the structure of their own government or EU government. They don’t have to study it. Then they decide to leave the EU which they don’t even know what it is. This baffles me so much
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What % of Brits do you estimate can give a one-sentence answer to "What's the difference between the Government and Parliament"?
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100% but it won't be correct.
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I mean I don’t know, I am just baffled that Britons don’t think it is a core part of the democratic system that the people understand how it works and what different roles are within the government and local councils.
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Half the people in the "people with geography in common" Facebook group I'm a member of don't know the difference between passport control, customs, and security at an airport. It's all just "customs".
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Wait till they all leave the EU. They'll know it's something.
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That's actually one thing that I don't think Brexit will change much. Brits already have to do passport control bc of no Schengen and they will probably actually welcome the return of "genuine" duty free (even though they will be getting ripped off). And BLUE PASSPORTS !!!!!1!
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We'll see. I can't wait TBH. It's worth it. 
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