Teachers who used to tell their students that they won’t be carrying around a calculator in their pockets when they’re older...how do you feel now?
I’m definitely not using any of the higher math I suffered through in school, and wouldn’t be even if I were working. I do understand why some of it is taught, but at age 9-15 much of it is honestly unnecessary. When I entered college, I had remembered absolutely no algebra from elementary and secondary school and had to start over from the beginning. What a massive waste of time. High schools need to start focusing more on life skills such as business math, budgeting, financial planning, credit, taxes, cooking (basic math and chemistry included), safety, health/mental health management, sex ed, career planning, and more. Those who want to pursue the much higher maths due to career goals may absolutely do so, but it should not take priority over life skills. Math nerds will riot over this answer, but I don’t care. 😘 My classmates and I had hours of homework every night and on the weekends, and for what? Most of them are selling candles and oils or working in vocational trades (something I advocate heavily - trades are vital). I’ll stop there, but I could go on about this for a long time. I have big opinions about education.
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