Sunday, January 15, 2012
Joey Harp
It is not, in my opinion important for everyone to learn complex mathematics. I am not saying that people should not learn some kind of mathematics. I think that they should have knowledge of basic everyday math. I do not think they should learn math if it is not relevant to their future career. If a person chooses to stop learning math then that is their choice. If a person is not going to use something later on in life, why should they waste their time learning it?
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"Math’s Use in Society"
ReplyDeleteby Joey Harp
Math is present in everyday life; it surrounds a person wherever a person goes. It is involved with purchases, computers, and inventions used on a day to day basis. People sometimes do not realize the amount of math that surrounds them and the amount of math that they use everyday.
ReplyDeleteThe sort of math that is needed for a person to be competent in our society is not very complex. A person should be able to do the basic addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. They need this to be able to handle money, prepare food, and to do simple calculations that are present in all job types. Most people are not expected to be able to devise new machinery with complex mathematics, solve physics problems, or engineering problems. There are however, people who most do these things.
It is not, in my opinion important for everyone to learn complex mathematics. I am not saying that people should not learn some kind of mathematics. I think that they should have knowledge of basic everyday math. I do not think they should learn math if it is not relevant to their future career. If a person chooses to stop learning math then that is their choice. If a person is not going to use something later on in life, why should they waste their time learning it? If however, a person can not comprehend basic math, then I think they should be taught this skill.
Not everyone wants to obtain a math based major and there are other subjects which are mandatory for non math based majors that math based majors are not required to take. I believe an understanding in the subject is necessary, but I do not think everyone should be required to take something that they hate doing. I do not really think that a person would care if the doctor who was operating on them was competent in advanced mathematics rather than in advanced surgery.