I just have a pet peeve that I would like to vent about. As the mother of two teenagers, I must say that I think the math classes that middle and high school kids take is totally irrelevant. I thought so when I was a student and I still feel the same way. We have so many adults who can't even budget there own money because all they learned in school was algebra and geometry. What good are these types of math in real, everyday life?
I truly believe that kids should be taught business math, investment math and maybe even accounting math which could be useful if someone goes into business of their own. I think algebra and geometry should be saved for college and only for studenst going into specialized fields where this type of math will be used. Other wise I feel the same for college math classes.
As an older, returning student, I had to get my 19 year old son to help me with algebra just to pass so I could get my psychology degree. Now what algebra has to do with psychology I'll never understand. I also, being 45 years old have never used algebra even thought my high school algebra teacher, when asked, told me I would find uses for it when I had to go grocery shopping. Not true. I have never used algebra to buy groceries.
So now I might acually get involved in the school system and find out if there is any way to get math cirriculum changed in the way schools view math.
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