[GingisK]

I am sure this has a lot to do with your vocation. Some are very math intensive, some are not. I am 70 now, retired from Embedded Computing but still a bit active. My work required a steady stream of algebra and trig, but no calculus. My brother, on the other hand, had to use calculus all of the time.

I have seen other people in careers that would have been significantly easier for them had they known some math.

Since it is a lot easier to learn math while young, it would be better to have those lessons in school early. Also, and very important, mathematical reasoning can be applied to other challenges in life. It is a superb tool in training the mind for critical thinking and problem solving.

[5by5]

So glad my daughter goes to a high school where the entire math curricula was developed by the teachers over the last 50 years. It’s very rigorous.

She just finished Calc 3 for college credit as a high school senior. They administered the same exam used at the uni. She said it was easy. Diff Eq in the spring semester. Then off to engineering school.

Public high school, BTW.