In defense of math: Statistics was the one ongoing use of math in my former roles as a manufacturing engineer. Beyond that I haven't used much math directly. H

In defense of math: Statistics was the one ongoing use of math in my former roles as a manufacturing engineer. Beyond that I haven't used much math directly. However, I have replied upon my knowledge of engineering core courses to understand and solve problems. I needed to understand calculus-based math in order to understand that coursework. So math is important. There is a saying among teachers that in K-3 you "learn to read" and from then on you "read to learn". The same principle holds for math. Math itself may not be the end goal for many degrees, but after you "learn to math", you "math to learn".