Addendum: I highly recommend this reading material, A Mathematician's Lament: https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://www.maa.or

Addendum: I highly recommend this reading material, A Mathematician's Lament: https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament....