> because it serves the teachers I don't think this is the case. I think it's because the teachers themselves don't have a good grasp on "the story of maths an

> because it serves the teachers I don't think this is the case. I think it's because the teachers themselves don't have a good grasp on "the story of maths and how it benefitted society". There is a silly meme about asking high school maths teachers "how will we use this in life", and imo it's not because there isn't a good response, but rather that it requires a good understanding of the ways math is actually used. Few high school teachers have actually themselves used the math they teach for anything other than academic exercise. Someone trained in control theory or using physics equations can make things that appear almost magical using maths, and if they are talented, they can find a way to explain it to laypeople. However, people with that combination of talents are desired by just about everybody, from universities to companies, and high schools simply have no way to compete (not least because teaching high schoolers is a soul-crushing job for bureaucratic reasons)