Well, Algebra was a stupid class....to me.
I was in AP Mechanical Drafting and used Algebra but, I have zero use for things don’t solve a real problem or have no utility. Hence, while I received A+ in Mechanical Drafting, I was always a D or C in Algebra.
I was told that Algebra teaches you how to solve problems and think. My response was “It Doesn’t Solve Real World Problems” and explain my A’s in every single other class, that I work and go to school, while maintaining those grades and I am chess champion of the county?
Algebra is dumb....
Cept the Euclidian stuff. I can use that...
Obviously not everyone needs to know everything about everything - or anything.
In my line of work I use algebra fairly often.
In your drafting I’m guessing you used algebra to draw a line (y=mx+b). Even every day we use algebra. I forgot my wallet and have $20 buck in the glove box. How much gas can I get at $3.20 a gallon, and will that be enough to get me back home which is 150 miles at 18 miles per gallon?
Agreed on the “at home” stuff. Some of the teachers at our schools were terrible, and we spent a lot of time with the kids helping them with homework. And then hiring help when it got beyond our capability.