I don't know, I agree with the parent. I hated trig in my first encounters with it; the thing that made it practical was writing videogames and graphics demos,

I don't know, I agree with the parent. I hated trig in my first encounters with it; the thing that made it practical was writing videogames and graphics demos, and the thing that made it interesting was calculus. For many people, it's the last math they're taught, they don't get the applications, and it's no wonder they don't hunger for more.