1) This article is about people in college, a category which does not include you. With all due respect, your experience is not relevant.
2) Algebra requires (and teaches) abstract, logical thinking. People who cannot think logically and in the abstract are really unfit for self-governance.
3) I have found knowledge of languages other than English useful for two reasons. Such knowledge provides insight into the origins and correct meaning of English words. Such knowledge has also given some insight into cultures other than my own, and an understanding of why some people do the things they do. If this is of no value to you, personally, that's fine. But again, College (and even High School) isn't for everybody.
southernerwithanattitude: “Master Plumber for 45 years”
NorthMountain:
“1) This article is about people in college, a category which does not include you. With all due respect, your experience is not relevant.
2) Algebra requires (and teaches) abstract, logical thinking. People who cannot think logically and in the abstract are really unfit for self-governance.
3) I have found knowledge of languages other than English useful for two reasons. Such knowledge provides insight into the origins and correct meaning of English words. Such knowledge has also given some insight into cultures other than my own, and an understanding of why some people do the things they do. If this is of no value to you, personally, that’s fine. But again, College (and even High School) isn’t for everybody.”
With zero respect to you: You are full of sh*t, and you are not a college graduate. You do not understand Algebra nor college. You place college on a pedestal where it does not belong. Algebra is a teenager course, not a college course. College starts at Calculus I, Differential Calculus. Only the liberal arts degrees, created to satisfy liberals, teach High School level courses like Algebra. Remedial math courses like Algebra taught in a college means the students are not qualified to be in college. The dumbing down of America started in colleges, and courses like Algebra being taught in college is all we need to know.
For your edification, since you obviously are without an education, a master plumber uses more Algebra, and other math forms, in a single day than you and 99% of the people use all year. You owe ‘southernerwithanattitude’ an apology for your ignorant insults.
You claim in your second stupid point that only those people who do Algebra are fit for self-governance. The founding fathers of this nation would knock you off your high horse.
You talk like such a stupid little girl I think I probably have more years of education in math and sciences than you have been alive.
CodeToad, PhD.