Trend-starting Texas drops algebra II mandate

[hollysmom]

100. that doesn't make any sense

geometry is used all the time as the thoughts in axioms show the rules of logic. I know some people just memorized them but I have a sucky memory, so I just redeveloped them each time after remembering a bit about them.

I had a friend who said she was just a girl and she would never need this stuff, so after I hit her a few times (lightly) ad told her she was insulting me, I sat down and explained how to look at things. I worked with her twice a week just because she was my friend, and she sailed through that course and I got ahead of my own course which did nothing but confuse the teacher.

After college I learned sailing and it was a blast, but the navigation course was all geometry and algebra 2, I was taking a captains license course and another couple was along with their 10 year old son, by the end of the trip he was so psyched for math class after sitting with me while I was determining our course in a pea soup fog, you would not believe it.

You can believe math is not for you, just as others don't believe they need courses in music or advanced English. But your life would not be richer for it. I do not have a great musical ear but can recognize the Valkyrie when I hear it. I may not be a great speller, but it sure helps when you choose the right word from spellcheck. When it came to remodeling our house, I did the plumbing and the woodwork, yes, I had a wood working course in high school and took a night course in plumbing because of the fear of something breaking inthe middle of the night, so I can wield a soldering iron if ever called to do it. People should be challenged to learn more, not less.