Math is easy. It's also a necessity in real life situations so I can see why it's needed. Other subjects that are needed such as History and Science shouldn't be required. They hold no weight in real life unless you are looking for a job in those fields, in which case that would most likely require college where they can teach it to you there. I think those subjects should be an elective. Though tbh I love History, Math, AND Science.
I don't understand why people say history is not used everyday. Sure, maybe it's not, but it's important. Everything has a history to it. Math, science, money, music, anything. They all have a history to it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheBlackMamba:</div><div class="quote_post">I don't understand why people say history is not used everyday. Sure, maybe it's not, but it's important. Everything has a history to it. Math, science, money, music, anything. They all have a history to it.</div> But is that stuff really needed for day to day affairs? More over, will you ever use that stuff besides History class? I think it's a great subject and I love it, but I don't think it should be required. It should be an elective imo.
I'm a senior in highschool and i'm not taking math, i took calculus last year and that was whack enough. Throughout highschool i didnt' do any homework in my math classes and that's why i got C's- B's rather than A's. Personally math isnt' too difficult for me, although i know plenty of people for which it is. Now advanced physics gets difficult.
History was easily my favorite subject in high school. Besides volleyball. If you have a good teacher, history is great... my junior year US History teacher was also the football coach and he was really a good teacher. We studied current events, read the newspaper, and talked about the government and economy today and related it to the past. That's key I think, because if you don't relate it then you'll have people who say well how does it affect us now, this is stupid, etc. Props to Mr. Elliott.
What I don't understand is how everyone always says math is essential in day to day life. Aside from basic addition/subtraction skills, I never find myself using any complex math. Everything is automated these days anyways. High school math, in particular, is useless for someone not going into business, science, mathematics, engineering, etc. Also, what history, along with the rest of the humanities, does give is the ability to read and write at a higher level.
Adding on to what Chutney said...explain to me how things other then basic math are useful in real life? When are you going to apply the useage of things like finding out the 3 missing X's of a triangular-square shaped box? If you plan to be an archiologist, NASA engineer or even perhaps a chemist then yeah, maybe some of the advanced math stuff is useful for you, but it rarely helps in everyday situations to those not concerned with apply it to our careers. All you need is basic math to be on top of your finances, which is essentially the most important part of learning math in correlation with helping in real life. Humanity studies and English meanwhile, helps in every aspect. Either your language and writing skills get stronger or you learn something about the world around you. I love any social science courses...Science is useful as well to some degree, but if you're not planning to go farther in it then it seems utterly pointless...like some of the stuff you learn in Chemistry. Biology is fun though.
I'm decent in Math. At this rate I should get college credits by my senior year. I just find it easy...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Junoon:</div><div class="quote_post">Adding on to what Chutney said...explain to me how things other then basic math are useful in real life? When are you going to apply the useage of things like finding out the 3 missing X's of a triangular-square shaped box? If you plan to be an archiologist, NASA engineer or even perhaps a chemist then yeah, maybe some of the advanced math stuff is useful for you, but it rarely helps in everyday situations to those not concerned with apply it to our careers. All you need is basic math to be on top of your finances, which is essentially the most important part of learning math in correlation with helping in real life. </div> I don't think you see the full picture. Yes of course advanced math might not be useful in and of itself, BUT studying it helps you use that part of your mind that solves problems that are abstract and so for that it is VERY valuable. It's amazing how you can apply this kind of thinking to non-mathematics related subjects such as scheduling or organization in general of WHATEVER it is you are doing later in life.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Chutney:</div><div class="quote_post">What I don't understand is how everyone always says math is essential in day to day life. Aside from basic addition/subtraction skills, I never find myself using any complex math. Everything is automated these days anyways. High school math, in particular, is useless for someone not going into business, science, mathematics, engineering, etc. Also, what history, along with the rest of the humanities, does give is the ability to read and write at a higher level.</div> I asked my teacher this last year and she said the same logic you use to solve these math problems you can use to solve other problems. Still haven't seen it myself either, but maybe I'm doing it subcontiously?
Algebra 2 made me want to quit school last year. I seriously thought about just not coming back to school ever.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting miss3pointer25:</div><div class="quote_post">Algebra 2 made me want to quit school last year. I seriously thought about just not coming back to school ever.</div> Is it really that hard?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MrJ:</div><div class="quote_post">I asked my teacher this last year and she said the same logic you use to solve these math problems you can use to solve other problems. Still haven't seen it myself either, but maybe I'm doing it subcontiously?</div> I think just by making this post you used it bro.
