I heard in the Philippines the president once said that he wanted to get rid of the so high algebra in high school and replace it with pure business math he thinks it would benefit students more than studying calculus.
My stand is to just learn what you need for what you wanna be. Well i wanna be a chef and i won't need calculus to chop veggies. but don't get me wrong, i like math and i basically know those 6 trig functions, at least the ratios and how to use them in solving rt triangle problems. it's just that i don't see any necessity for me to learn those, and I'm with millions of students who feel the same way. I do good in math and i never get failing grades coz i wanna do good in math. just up to what i really need, i hope. We can say that math is just right here and there but the truth is, you just love math that's why you do better. and that's the point, how about those who won't need calculus? trigs? should they really need to spend a big portion of their lives just to study them whereas they won't need it anyway, ? why not focus on giving them lectures about what they really wanna be? at least to the professional jobs that they really want? perhaps a lot more youth will go to college or life would be bettern than ever if that what the government does. you love math, pursue it. you wanna be an engineer?, be good at math. you wanna be a chef? come on, skip calculus and study business math.
that's what I've been thinking in the past few years. learning to be a solver doesn't mean you need so advanced math like trig or cal. as long as the education gives the proper tool for every field they wanna be. well everything's gonna be okay.
going to the bathroom... well i just said it out of my burst of feelings... haha. sorry.
thank you so much for your answers. i really do appreciate them. let's all be friends and help each other, math lovers and not-so-interested-in-math folks.
PS. Please still help in Math and don't get mad at me