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This is an interesting discussion!
Most of my friends -- in fact, most people in this country -- don't need
algebra. My
wife has a t-shirt that says, "Another day passed and I haven't used
algebra once."
People find math useless and are turned off by it. What math skills do
most people need?
Arithmetic -- addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction,
percents,
and decimals. Did I miss anything?
Maybe the way math is taught needs to
be changed.
It's mostly numbers, rules, memorization, but no application or practical
use. It was like this when I was in school,
Math teaching really needs a revolution to make it more
practical,
relevant, and interesting.