Why do you need to study HIGH SCHOOL math?
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Don't believe it when people tell you that you don't need to know geometry or algebra.  Depending on what you do in your life you may never have to prove that angles A and B are the same and you may never have to solve for X, but that doesn't mean that algebra and geometry aren't useful.\n\nThe purpose of learning math isn't so much to know math itself (although for some that's essential).  It's more about teaching you how to think.  Studying math helps you to think logically and dispassionately.  That can serve you well in life.\n\nAlso, algebra and geometry teach you how to think abstractly.  People who can't think abstractly tend to be very limited in their thinking and in their lives in general.  If everything you think about has to be concrete and obvious, you are going to be a very narrow person.\n\nIn my opinion, passing basic algebra should be an exit requirement for high school.
966804
I completely understand! I have high schoolers, and have to nearly re-learn to help them!\n\nYahoo education has help with algebra;\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/math_help/chapter_list?id=minialg1gt \n\nSo does math.com:\nhttp://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html \n\nPhysics help:\nhttp://www.physics247.com/ \n\nGood luck to you!
1028420
since you got access to internet, thats already a good thing. you can surf the net for math tutorials or lessons. use yahoo search and type math tutorials. there you can have your lessons. the best way to study and learn math is to solve and solve problems... in this kind of subject, practice really makes perfect. no memorisation needed...\ngoodluck.\n\nps. i dont think any education is idiot. maybe there is just something wrong with the system. why would it be called education if its not educating. \n\ngoodluck
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High school education is designed to teach you the basics about the real world. The goal is to understandconcepts about history, simple math, proper english, foreign languages, etc. These are areas that the majority of people will have to deal with once they go out on their own.\n\nCollege education is advanced in that it helps you learn about all of the major aspects of a targeted career field that you may not find on your own.\n\nEducation in general is not intended to make you an expert but rather give you the tools and familiarities necessary to succeed in whatever area you decide to pursue. Education empowers students that have respect for it. If you find something you like doing, education can help you become better at it.\n\nThe question is not so much about what education does for students, but what students do with their education.
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Actually, that's untrue.  You don't need to be a mathematician to need to use algebra.  Algebra helps you calculate many things and solve problems relating to groceries, finance, construction and much more.  I agree, it is tough and often boring to learn, however it is quite useful.
285264
It's true for me, technically. I don't use most of what I learned in high school in my job. But I do think it's a good idea to learn as much as you can in high school. It makes you a more well-rounded and interesting person later if you know something about history, literature, language, numbers, etc.
180800
Some courses need to be required...everyone needs to learn basic math, history and science. But not everyone wants to learn art, music or drafting. These classes should be optional or non required. It should be required to take some form of fine arts but not everyone high school student should be required to take something like choir.
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math is an excellent background for many different careers.  first of all, majoring in math gives your thinking structure.  it shows your future employer that you know how to think critically, learn complex concepts, and apply rigor to your creative process.  also math is the basis of ability in seemingly unrelated areas such as art and music.  in terms of actual jobs, relevant careers include financial analysis, actuary, computer science/programming, national security, marketing, and dozens of others.  if you do well in math, you will be able to get a job.
809456
The practical applications of math are endless. The basic math like algebra and geometry is vital knowledge for being able to solve everyday problems. The higher math is very useful in professions. If you're any kind of scientist, you'll need to know everything up until at least differential equations, and definitely further for chemistry and physics. Statistics is a real, very common application of mathematics that shows up everywhere- being able to take a set of real data that probably isn't perfect and still managing to analyze it to find patterns. Calculus also shows up frequently in businesses when they are attempting to optimize conditions in order to maximize profit or decrease cost.\n\nAside from applications, math fosters more analytical, rational thinking. This is why Plato taught geometry and arithmetic to his students before subjecting them to philosophy: so that he could develop their critical thinking skills. Just being able to solve complex problems is a wonderful skill that can be developed through mathematics. The mathematical study of logic is also quite practical.\n\nAnd surely you don't think that all of the world's technology just popped out of the air without somebody doing a lot of math along the way?
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Truthfully?  Not so much.\nBut even if you don't like math and you're thinking of pursuing a college degree most schools have a math requirement.  And you're going to need all that sin and cosin garbage in order to get through college math courses.  And if you already have a college degree and you want to go to graduate school (and I'm talking even liberal arts stuff like history, english, comp. lit.) you're going to need it for your GREs.\n\nAll in all, trig isn't a lot of fun.  I sometimes use it in my daily life because I work in science, but you're really not going to find yourself integrating too many arctangents when buying a home or working at the office.  But, as I said, you might just need it.
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Everything involves math whether we like it, or not, whether we realize it, or not, it's all around us, and if it wasn't for math  the world wouldn't be what it is today!!! I really hate doing math problems at school and all that kind of stuff, but I'm really thankful that I'm not going to be a mathematician or something with a lot of math when I finish my career, so I really don't worry about it and let the math geeks...I mean...math experts do their thing!!!
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The only reason to study is to learn, to pass your classes, and to obtain a degree. \n\nThe only reasons to do this include improving your mind, understanding the world, preparing for a job/career, striving to meet goals that you set for yourself, hoping to make the world a better place.\n\nMost students get confused when they ask the question "why study?" as if studying is something that someone "makes" them do. Nobody makes you study; studying is important only as it helps you meet the goals that are important to the individual. \n\nOf course, in general, an educated populace is also a benefit to society and the world as well as to the educated individuals.
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Most likely, but the question remains: Why would I??!!  What are YOU gonna learn if someone else does your work for you?  Nothing.  I remember in my early college days, in my math class, how my "co-students" or whatever you call your "classmates", would marvel at how I never did my homework till class that day, and when we were asked to go to the board and do one of our homework problems, I just went up there with my book instead of any homework papers, read the problem from the book, and solved it in a matter of seconds.  And I got straight "A's" in that class.  Was I "extra-smart"?  Hell no!!  Did I "love math"?  You've got to be kidding!!  Did I have ONE, STERN FATHER at home who made sure I learned my math.  COUNT  ON  IT !!  I've thanked him thousands of times for the enormous amount of time and energy he took to make me learn simple arithmetic back in the summer after my 6th grade, and math was so much easier ever since.  And now he's dead.  He died last year after a long and good life.  And for years now I've told people who was responsible for my very quick ability to do math in my head, "on demand", or "at the spur of the moment".  I love that "old man" that I so often hated when I was a kid.  So, do your own homework.  Put your head to the grindstone as the old phrase says.  Buckle down, is another favorite phrase I often heard.  You know how to do it.  You're just being too damn lazy to do it yourself.  Get on with it!!  You'll love yourself all the more later on because you didn't skip out on the task.  And maybe you'll invent some new computer years later, or discover a new star or constellation through one of those magnificent telescopes where math is still required because you can't actually see the star, only the unusual movement of those around it, and only math will give you the answer.  Or maybe you'll just marvel other shoppers and the cashier or your kids some time from now when you don't need one of those damn computer-cashregisters to figure out how much change you get back, or can balance your check book without an extra piece of paper to do your arithmetic on.  Go to it !!  God Bless you!!
1087461
Some. If you're writing logic that solves math, it's essential.
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yes, of course it is, it helps you with a logical line of thinking, this is osmething that can only come from mathematical logic.  This helps with critical thinking.  Also a basic understanding of math is important...taxes and bank statements are one think i would want to be able to figure out on my own...
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In High School I loved Math, it was my favorite subject right with Biology.\n\nMy b/f is in College and he is taking Statistics and The History of Math and well the Statistics I hate, but The History of Math I think is fun.
547303
Yes, for all the reasons listed already.  Also, homework teaches you accountability and to take responsibility for your own learning.  It is particularly important if you're planning on going to college or university after high school.  There, no one will hold your hand or coach you through your degree.  If you want it, you earn it.  The self-discipline, attention to detail, and time management skills learned from doing high school homework will save your butt in a post-secondary scenario.