What if they only taught math up to fractions?
I hear that there's talk of not teaching algebra or trig to high school students anymore since they never use it. It would be an option.
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What a stupid thing to do. I still use trig and algebra even much higher math including calculus and Laplace transformation. I’m an engineer. What would those kids those who choose a career in engineering or technology do? Don’t know who makes these decisions, but they ain’t very bright. No wonder Asians are taking all our top notch jobs while local nutjobs who hate math whine about immigration.
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@Callmewhatyouwill Exactly. It’s embarrassing they argue over grammar and spelling but can’t do math that could save life. Can you imagine all these dumb pilots flying planes who never did math at school!
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@Callmewhatyouwill Dark ages would be knocking in. Wait, they still did math during dark ages.
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Obviously professionals like engineers have to study beyond simple fractions. I think the original question is about the minimum level to teach everyone.
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@SW-User Yes, but they have to start with preliminary math. How do you think they will learn advance stuff when the basic is not taught at school? After spending 12 years without doing any math, it’s literally impossible to do anything advance.
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@SW-User I’m not disagreeing with you at all. The kids who know they want to be (say) engineers will most likely choose to take algebra etc and won’t miss out. But everyone else still benefits from an understanding some mathematical concepts even if they think they only “need” basic arithmetic. And of course if they decide later they do want some higher skills it’s much harder to catch up if you have to go back to elementary.