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Are you saying mathematics teachers shouldn't require a degree in math in teach high school mathematics? That a student who have recently graduated is qualified
by meric 16y ago
Are you saying mathematics teachers shouldn't require a degree in math in teach high school mathematics? That a student who have recently graduated is qualified enough to teach the year below him? That a business analyst would do a better job without a major in statistics? Community college adjuncts who teach math don't need anything beyond high school math classes? If not then I think you were beside the point.
University is definitely useful for at least some subset of the population.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoYou don't need a PhD or even an MS in math to teach high school/CC math. The business analyst, for the most part, doesn't need to know math beyond means and standard deviations. Note: I'm interpreting "mathematician" to mean "math Ph.D." or "person who does/did research in math", which is typically the way the term is used. Most people with a math degree don't use even a small fraction of their training. I do, but I'm in the minority. (Also worth noting that most of what I use I didn't learn in school.)
- meric 16y agoI'm interpreting "mathematician" to mean "math Ph.D." or "person who does/did research in math", which is typically the way the term is used. Ahh, okay then. I just thought it meant someone with a bachelor degree in mathematics.