I have always thought of advanced math as a mindset, a form of culture more than a practical skill, at least for 99% of all people. It is one of the many "usele

I have always thought of advanced math as a mindset, a form of culture more than a practical skill, at least for 99% of all people. It is one of the many "useless" things that we learn at school. It is like history, literature, etc... none of these make me better at my job, at least not directly. In fact they are taught at school because they are "useless", no employer will pay you to learn which wars your country fought no matter how important it is for cultural identity. Math is one of the basis of science and engineering, so it is important for someone to teach you that. I think we should make a bit of space for programming now, not because we will all be coders, but because it is the basis of how computers work, and computers are everywhere, and like math, programming is a good way to teach rigorous and precise thinking. Computers are stupid, they do what they are told, not what you think you told them, that make them good training material.