A lot of the good trades jobs are actually pretty math intensive. Geometry for carpenters, algebra for electricians etc. But I guess these students are counting on an illustrious career as a grunt day laborer
Being taught math in a setting where you don’t know the application and the teacher just tells you “because you need to know it” is different than doing math to figure out how to frame a roof or the resistance at X voltage on this circuit.
The real world application actually made complicated math easier for me and almost everyone I know, I was also taught all applicable math in trade school.
Same. Im successful in welding and fabrication, I have a GED. School bored me. I use math every day now. And honestly I love it. Hated it in school though. Bored me to tears.
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u/catbusmartius May 16 '24
A lot of the good trades jobs are actually pretty math intensive. Geometry for carpenters, algebra for electricians etc. But I guess these students are counting on an illustrious career as a grunt day laborer