The article “ Is Algebra Necessary? By: Andrew Hacker” is the article the reader is asked to read to understand the debate he set off by writing this article and then you go back and read the other article “N Ways to Apply Algebra With The New York Times by: Patrick Honner” that says you should read Andrew Hackers article to get an understanding of the debate. Mr.Hacker has made quite a few good points along the lines of how he understands that math and learning all the basics of math is very important “But there is no reason to force them to grasp vectorial angles and discontinuous functions.” (-Andrew Hacker) and i agree with Mr.Hacker because he does make perfect sense when he says that algebra is one of the biggest reasons that people
