What rubbish. Learning maths at school doesn't make everyone go on to become mathematicians... it does however give people the tools to advance their knowledge

What rubbish. Learning maths at school doesn't make everyone go on to become mathematicians... it does however give people the tools to advance their knowledge and productivity in other areas and give a more rounded education. Hell, In my engineering degree we learn C/C++ and I have coursemates who still can't craft a simple program. You can lead a horse to water and all that. We should still give people the grounding and chance to learn in the same way we do for maths/biology/art/whatever and we'll discover a lot of hidden talent. It is not as if this will suddenly make Software Engineers ten a penny.