Or even a “your primary plan will require a working knowledge of compound interest, like it or not” message and maybe a good grounding if she can’t get her priorities right.
1) One one level do we **personally** feel this 14 year old should study algebra? I **personally** insisted that **my** children learned algebra. I **personally** think that those children who learn algebra have more options open to them in life.
But.....
2) Do we think the government should force this 14 year old to sit in a prison-like government building for four more years, strictly confined behind a desk, when this is against the will of her parents and the 14 year old herself?