Why Maths Should Not Be Taught In High Schools

Introduction

Students in high school are forced to take Math classes and they are not allowed to completely skip them just because they dislike the subject, as the other students are not allowed to skip some classes like English. This paper will explore the reasons of Math being required in high school. In almost every organization and workplace, people are divided based on their math skill to high skill math and low skill math; the paper will also explore the differences between these two groups. “If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is” (von Neumann, 1947). Two of the main principles in Math in high school are problem solving skills and building logic. Whether the student will pursue art, engineering or
Since students in high school are forced to take some kind of math classes regardless of what they want. They are not allowed to completely skip it just because they dislike the subject, as the other students are not allowed to skip some classes like English. This will only mean that Math is important to the student’s brain and affect it in a positive way. Everybody uses math whether they realize it or not like when calculating tax or even planning a vacation and choosing dates, however the math classes in high school like calculus are somehow advanced for daily life purposes. So what does Math do to students especially who do not want to pursue a higher education that involves Math? “If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is” . One of the main principals in Math in High school is Problem solving skills and building logic, whether the student will pursue Art, engineering or English as a major he/she will need to know how to look to the whole problem before trying to solve it and the logic structure that they will need through their academic and nonacademic