For many of us math is a subject that we love and enjoy to do. However not everyone feels that way about math. In fact according to a study done in 2005 by the AP-AOL news poll more than 40% of Americans hates the subject of math( Savage, Sam. “Americans Love To Hate Math.” Washington Post 17 August 2005). Over the last couple of years a lot of discussion has arose on whether or not math should be a requirement for all high school students. A typical high school student who hates the subject of math, would of course say no math should not be required for high school students. However a typical high school student would be failing to realize, how huge of an impact the subject of math, makes on our everyday life. If it wasn't for Math we wouldn't have none of the new innovations we
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I know that may sound surprising to hear but civil engineers use math to make sure houses and apartments are structural fit for residents to reside in. That means someone like myself who is aspiring to be an civil engineer would have to use a lot of math. Fourtnely for me math is my favorite subject. In school I never really had a terrible time with math. I always enjoyed learning math, because I felt it was the only subject in school, that actually required for me to use my brain at a critical level. So far in my three years of high school I have completed math classes such as: Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2/Trig, AP Stat, and Ap Calc. So in the discussion of whether or not math should be requirement for high school students, the answer to that question should be yes. Imagine living in a word where no one knows how to count, everyone would just be lost. Our whole world revolves around math. That's why it is very important every high school student learn how to do math. Why do so many people hate math? One may say that so many people hate math, because in math not everything is so
I know that may sound surprising to hear but civil engineers use math to make sure houses and apartments are structural fit for residents to reside in. That means someone like myself who is aspiring to be an civil engineer would have to use a lot of math. Fourtnely for me math is my favorite subject. In school I never really had a terrible time with math. I always enjoyed learning math, because I felt it was the only subject in school, that actually required for me to use my brain at a critical level. So far in my three years of high school I have completed math classes such as: Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2/Trig, AP Stat, and Ap Calc. So in the discussion of whether or not math should be requirement for high school students, the answer to that question should be yes. Imagine living in a word where no one knows how to count, everyone would just be lost. Our whole world revolves around math. That's why it is very important every high school student learn how to do math. Why do so many people hate math? One may say that so many people hate math, because in math not everything is so