I'd say general education is failing at its job for many different reasons than not teaching advanced mathematics. On the top of my list: - Not teaching stude

I'd say general education is failing at its job for many different reasons than not teaching advanced mathematics. On the top of my list: - Not teaching students how to learn, and instilling them with the joys of perpetual learning, but forcing them to memorize concepts and regurgitate conclusions made by others, so they can pass an easily gradeable multiple choice test. - Teaching a _bunch_ of useless concepts for everyday life, including some basic math concepts, let alone the math topics you've mentioned, but not teaching about the basics of finance, law and politics which would be much more relevant for leading a generally successful life. - High corruption, low teacher wages, bullying, etc. General education is not as much concerned with actually preparing young adults for adulthood, as it is with getting them through a well-established system designed to squeeze any actual desire to learn from students, while squeezing their parents financially. It's a broken system that won't be fixed by adding advanced math to the syllabus.