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If you work in a field that requires heavy math skills then you require that.
I don't work in such a field. I also have worked for very large organizations and a majority of them due to the industry requirements of having to have independent auditors and we have to have a specific person on staff to review what is being audited and we hire an independent auditor to audit that person and make sure they are doing a good job.
All of us have degrees. But not all of us had to take algebra.
Where are people getting a college degree that doesn't require algebra (and even higher level math than that)?
College algebra classes typically don't even count as credit towards a degree. They're remedial classes.
I'm still waiting for an answer to that question...
Where are people getting a college degree that doesn't require algebra (and even higher level math than that)?
College algebra classes typically don't even count as credit towards a degree. They're remedial classes.
Math has served me reasonably well in my career, and I am not talking about remedial algebra but instead more complicated math like 3 dimensional matrix calculus, advanced statistical modelling, etc. I fully encourage anyone to not study math though, less future competition for me lets me continue to ask for higher salaries.
I was thinking about this today while driving to work. How I really hated going to community college because of math classes for a major that had nothing to do with it. I wondered how much happier I'd be if I didn't have to take them and then how that would make me feel better about my day and other classes.
I think it's sad if that is the reason but if it's not related to your major that might be smart.
I think at a certain age you should be able to look at the student populate and just know certain kids are never going to be in certain careers. And you might lose a few late bloomers in the process but overall I think you could prepare students for more important classes than Algebra.
I couldn't disagree more. Math, particularly advanced math, teaches critical thinking skills. There are daily applications of math that form the basis of most things you use. To have no understanding of mathematics is to be doomed to ignorance.
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I couldn't disagree more. Math. particularly advanced math, teaches critical thinking skills. There are daily applications of math that form the basis of most things you use. To have no understanding of mathematics is to be doomed to ignorance.
It is the descriptive language of the universe.
The only language that transcends culture, time, and space, and the only language that would be the same if it was being practiced in an alien culture halfway across the universe as it is here.
Math has served me reasonably well in my career, and I am not talking about remedial algebra but instead more complicated math like 3 dimensional matrix calculus, advanced statistical modelling, etc. I fully encourage anyone to not study math though, less future competition for me lets me continue to ask for higher salaries.
Excellent point, but then you'll get the SJWs whining incessantly about income inequality.
The only language that transcends culture, time, and space, and the only language that would be the same if it was being practiced in an alien culture halfway across the universe as it is here.
That's discrimination against aliens. Maybe they want their own kind of math they can identify with.
The only language that transcends culture, time, and space, and the only language that would be the same if it was being practiced in an alien culture halfway across the universe as it is here.
Not entirely true. Music also is a universal language, but then again, it, too, has a mathematical basis.
Not entirely true. Music also is a universal language, but then again, it, too, has a mathematical basis.
Music means subjectively different things to different people. If math means subjectively different things to different people, it means one or both of those people is wrong. So I can't agree.
Music means subjectively different things to different people. If math means subjectively different things to different people, it means one or both of those people is wrong. So I can't agree.
I'm not talking about interpretation. I'm talking about construct.
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