Mathematics is the gateway to the modern world.
Of course mathematics are, they are a vastly important practical skill in any society. But i don't think that if higher mathematics.
We are back in the middle ages without it. If one can not master at least basic algebra, geometry and trig in high school along with literacy in at least their own language, they have no business wasting their time and often our money in college.
I personal think most people waste their money and time going to college. Many people take on massive amounts of debts and end up not being able to find a job all because public schools utterly failed them by telling them that first flipping burgers is a menial job that only dropouts and teen girls that became mom's do. I know a great number of people that love operating restaurants that serve mainly burgers.
And then by telling them the only way to salvation is through college.
Both statements are absolute lies.
But I digress. Algebra and trig serve very few uses. Their first use is as a barrier to higer education. Their second use is to prepare for the next level of barriers to education. Their third and smaller use is to educate people that need it.
The fact that you believe people need to know such useless things to be educated is a testament to indoctrination.
I know many professionals with high levels of Education that have never once had to solve a polynomial. Search mathematics are only useful to a very narrow group of professions.
It is useful as a barrier first and foremost.
If you want to learn post-modern bull feces learn it in a correspondence course or better yet just stare at the TV .
I wasn't saying people should learn these things I am saying they are as useful and Modern Life is Advanced algebra and trigonometry to the average person who is not an engineer a physicist or a math teacher.
I'm not saying everyone should be literate in math, only those attending colleges and universities. About the top 10% The rest should go to trade schools where one can learn sorely needed skills.
I disagree literacy in higher math first only exists in people who practice it on a daily basis if you don't you forget it you forget it because it is useless to you she do it in some sort of hobby like astronomy.
It is mainly to keep professors employed I understand you couldn't pay someone enough money to teach people something as useless as calculus unless you got the masses to take it. I remember going to college my father is an engineer and he uses trigonometry daily I was in a trigonometry class struggling first to understand why the hell I was in a trigonometry class why it was required. My father explained it is a hard course and they make it difficult so is to keep the dirty unwashed Heathen masses out of college I disagree I think it's so they can justify having a math department.
The tiny amount of engineering and chemistry students wouldn't be enough to keep a calculus Professor employee it wouldn't be enough to entice people to do it for a living. But requiring search things across the board for everyone is it a waste of money resources time and talent.