Math is great for winning court cases. I got pulled over 12 years ago, and went into the magistrate hearing with a drawn out model indicating how the cop was ei

Math is great for winning court cases. I got pulled over 12 years ago, and went into the magistrate hearing with a drawn out model indicating how the cop was either dangerously speeding himself to pull me over or had inaccurately assessed my speed and bumped up the speed he indicated on my ticket. The lawyer took one look at my sheet full of equations and said "Well, just watch your speed next time." He let me off without any fine and dismissed the case. I would always advise high school students who say "I don't need math" to understand that the world is shifting such that people who know math are becoming very powerful. Especially here in America, where no one would ever admit to being "dumb" and will therefore do anything they can to avoid doing math and looking bad. This is a serious weakness, and can easily be exploited if you ever run into a crafty mathematician.