Math is key to a successful career because if you don't know math you will not accomplish the task you are trying to complete. If you do not learn math while you go to school and are faced with something in life that requires math you will not be prepared for it. In the movie hidden figures, they show how math is very important not only in the everyday lifestyle but in the workplace. In the movie hidden figures, they not only showed that math is a very important skill to learn, they showed women are just as good as men.
Rudy showed the men at NASA that she knew what she was doing when she walked up to the board and determined where the rocket would end up and how everything would go up in space, she proved to them that not only men can do those types of jobs. Everyone thinks only men can do certain jobs because they are stronger or smarter than women which are not the case. For example, in the career of firefighting it used to be almost all men firefighters and now women are proving everyone they can do what the men can do just as good if not better, the same is also happening with the military now that they are letting women in to enlist to their branch of choice. …show more content…
In the movie, they were not too sure about women doing those kinds of jobs but when Rudy stood up and proved them all she was trying to prove women should have to only do paperwork or cleaning they can be the brains of a mission going to space and making sure the astronauts come back safely. Harrison was upset when he saw how the women were being treated. The women didn't have a chance to show they can do another job until Rudy stepped up and did the calculations for the mission to
Rudy showed the men at NASA that she knew what she was doing when she walked up to the board and determined where the rocket would end up and how everything would go up in space, she proved to them that not only men can do those types of jobs. Everyone thinks only men can do certain jobs because they are stronger or smarter than women which are not the case. For example, in the career of firefighting it used to be almost all men firefighters and now women are proving everyone they can do what the men can do just as good if not better, the same is also happening with the military now that they are letting women in to enlist to their branch of choice. …show more content…
In the movie, they were not too sure about women doing those kinds of jobs but when Rudy stood up and proved them all she was trying to prove women should have to only do paperwork or cleaning they can be the brains of a mission going to space and making sure the astronauts come back safely. Harrison was upset when he saw how the women were being treated. The women didn't have a chance to show they can do another job until Rudy stepped up and did the calculations for the mission to