No need to know more than basic maths. amirite?

I mean, sure, if your goal is getting by just fine then elementary level is enough. But to get a good career in anything other than manual labour, you will need more than that

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Actually a lot of manual labour requires a lot of math. - Carpentry is all math - laying out forms for concrete is math - electrical, hvac, plumbing - all need math

by Dull-Line 1 week ago

i mean it obviously depends on what you do in your day to day, but i do think one form of math that should be way more prevalently taught is statistics. people in general can be mislead or misunderstand poorly represented statistics very often, and it would benefit us all to know more statistics way more than it would to know calculus or linear algebra

by Anonymous 1 week ago

i think yeah it doesnt impact your most base needs of 'eat, sleep, work' but for things like being an informed consumer when deciding what car to buy or whether joining a union is beneficial for your career or what lifestyle choices are best for your health, being able to parse aggregate data and understand the trends derived therefrom will absolutely be incredibly useful to every day people. is it technically a 'necessity'? no. can it have a significant impact on quality of life? yes.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You should be able to do at least algebra. It makes even doing things, like buying groceries for example, much easier. But teaching math isn't just about the math itself. It's also about abstract problem solving.

by Background_Star 1 week ago

Imagine you have to get as much cereal as you can for $100. It's easier to do the algebra than it is to add or multiply the prices until you get close to $100. Things get more complicated because in real life you won't be buying just one type of item. Math makes every day things easier, things that a lot of people don't even think about.

by Background_Star 1 week ago

How would you know how many boxes you could get though? You'd just grab a bunch and put the ones you can't afford back?

by Background_Star 1 week ago

You have $100 and let's say a box of cereal is $6. How many can you buy and how did you determine that?

by Background_Star 1 week ago

Basic math.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'd take your opinion more seriously if you weren't a doordash driver.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I've been more than that. Drug dealer, truck driver, woodworker, assembly, mold tech It all breaks down to just showing up to a job, which everyone does anyway, then spending some of what was earned to have a basic bare bones life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's... not helping your case. Especially the drug dealer part. If you were somebody worth aspiring to be, maybe you'd have a good case about not needing math. But if being a drug dealer or a truck driver is all you've ever amounted to... well you're a great example of why people would want to be good at math. so they don't end up like you.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

but see, nobody wants to just have basic bare bones. People at least want some disposable income for hobbies.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I teach history and the hardest thing I do is converting fractions to decimals. Some geometry at home. There isn't a huge need for super deep math really. I have never needed to figure the volume of a cone or any other of things I learned in algebra or higher. Most is forgotten now.

by Fast-Top 1 week ago

Ye there a few things extra that come up , like cooking for example, when fractions come into play. But still a normal life can be had before things like needing to know decimals an such.

by Anonymous 1 week ago