> pointing out that the math taught there was nothing like the math people use in their jobs This ignores that much of the fundamentals (like Math) are less ab

> pointing out that the math taught there was nothing like the math people use in their jobs This ignores that much of the fundamentals (like Math) are less about teaching you the basics but teaching you the skills you need to learn as an adult. At least this is how I have come to view my time in school as an adult. Now obviously there are exceptions of this (I mean you did have to be taught to learn and to read) but with this basic fundamentals when you are presented with a problem later in life you have those skills to pull from. Even of the algebra is not exactly what you did, The idea of "solving for x" should be so ingrained in your head that when you need to solve a simple problem that is basically exactly that, you do it without even realizing that is actually what you are doing. Even as a software engineer, most of what I learned in school I am not actually truly using on a day to day basis. Except when I am working on learning something new. Maybe we could get rid of "algebra" but what exactly would it be replaced with? Something that is algebra in all but the name? Also my system had different levels of classes, I know some kids were taking pre-cal in high school while some only finished algebra 1 (2?, I don't remember)