Common Core was a nightmare. AP, I hope, is the next one to die. It’s a s*itshow.
More voc. More certification-based prep.
Very, very few people need math past Geometry. Only those really going to college need it.
In fact, it is more important to know WHY calculus exists and how it is used, than it is to actually know the fundamental theorem and the rest of it.
Nonsense! That's like saying very few people need dishwashers. Technically true, but at the sacrifice of a profoundly useful tool. For example, the beauty of Algebra is it teaches you to use what you do know to find out what you don't know.
Geez, I had not only algebra, but advanced algebra, trigonometry, statistics, plain and solid geometry, and calculus by 12th grade. I’ve used all of it from time to time. Lack of education is one of the problems the US faces. Knowing that something exists is no substitute for actually knowing that something.
When I got to college I didn’t need to waste course time with math - and was waved.
When I became a welder I need much of that math to make the right angled cuts, lengths and correct weld depths.
If you don’t know math, or are at least passing familiar, how are you going to help your kids when they need it?
Education is a joke in this country these days and mostly consists of rote learning, passing over reading, writing and math. Then rapidly moving on to climate, social justice issues, and ‘fantasy’ US history - wherein kids learn to be good voters for the Democrat party, and never learn how to learn; never learning the self-discipline of long hours of home work each night.
Very, very few people need math past Geometry. Only those really going to college need it.