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[+] -20 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

Really? The thing most people end up using the least in their lives beyond an elementary school level?

Math education is a crapshoot for most people. All it does is serve as a way to make them feel bad about themselves for not being interested in what people like you tell them to be interested in.

Thank god computers are putting math majors out to pasture.

No, I'd argue learning history and how to read is more important than anything else the school system provides. It's what follows most of us throughout our entire lives.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Math and literacy are both fundamental and essential tools for a self sufficient adult. You don't need to remember how to to apply the quadratic theorem or complete the square outside of high school for most jobs. You do need to remember how to read and basic concepts like compound interest or multiplication. People who don't are ill prepared for life, not just adulthood.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    beyond an elementary school level

    Math and literacy are both fundamental and essential tools for a self sufficient adult.

    Lol, the ironing.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Given a bunch of middle school and high school kids have been pushed forward in the system (past pandemic) with very shaky understanding of these very crucial subjects, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. The education system in the US really doesn't seem to care about making independent and intellectually curious adults. It begins in elementary but is a failure to proceed beyond that.

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