High School Math is so pointless!

Hey that Harry Potter class sounds pretty awesome to be honest.

...Not a fan of the series but I really like analyzing books, movies, video games and the like.

Wasn't there a school in California that was teaching a class on Mulholland Drive? That is one I would definitely be in (best movie ever etc).

Hey that Harry Potter class sounds pretty awesome to be honest.

...Not a fan of the series but I really like analyzing books, movies, video games and the like.

Wasn't there a school in California that was teaching a class on Mulholland Drive? That is one I would definitely be in (best movie ever etc).

Fredrick2003x

Analyzing books? Awesome.

Analyzing "Clifford the Big Red Dog Goes to the Circus"? Not awesome. Essentially, having a course on a book series like Harry Potter is ridiculous, because it's just not literature. Any fleck of literature found in it was stolen from Ender's game, which would be a much better selection for a course.

At least Mulholland Drive is smart. I mean, what would make more sense, a class on the cinematography of "Jungle 2 Jungle", or a class on the cinematography of "City of Lost Children"?

I love analyzing books, music, movies, etc. as well...my 18 page essay on Oryx & Crake from my grade 12 english class is proof enough...but there are some things that are just a waste to study. Sure, I could do a book report on the halo novels, or or one of those Jedi Apprentice books from a few years back, but I wouldn't be exposed to the same level of material as I would had I chosen books like "Oryx & Crake", "The Brothers Karamazov", "Les Miserables", "A Canticle for Leibowitz", etc.

And isn't that what learning is about? Exposing yourself to the unknown in order to understand it, instead of focusing on something you know and is taken at face value?

They need to fix this system badly. IT would be better to have high schoolers so advanced in basic math rather than memorizing useless information about Calculus. In other words, I'd rather prefer someone who gets an 800 on an SAT Math Subject Test than someone who gets an A+ in their Calculus class.

Logic is better than knowledge, but the Logic should be about stuff we do everyday rather than complex functions. Most of this stuff we will never use later in life, and if we will, let us learn it in college if that's going to be our major! What do you guys think?

RyuHayabusaX

The school system in general is deeply flawed.gobo212

QFT. school is broken

To everyone who thinks algebra, trigonometry is pointless, listen to this.

When you want to make a fence but only have so much material, you can calculate the maximum amount of area and perimeter the fencing can produce by setting up a quadratic equation and calculating the vertex and roots to find out what you need.

When you want to figure out how much profit you can make by selling x items with x cost of the product, set up aother quadratic equation, complete the square and find your values!

When you need to find out the angle of something for which you are building, calculating, finding velocity or physics-related values, you can set up trigonometric equations and ratios to find angle and vectors that you need.

Basic algebra rules such as absolue values, rational and radical expressions, and etc. really help you avoid making calculation errors which could save you time and money in whatever task or career you need math skills for.

People, it's quite simple to realize what math could be used for. You just need general knowledge of subjects and basic math skills and you could easily solve daily life problems!

You say logic is more important than knowledge, but thats really the whole point of why they make you take math. They dont expect that when you graduate you will remember every little thing that you studied in your math classes, they expect that you will take away the logic that you learned. This is true for alot of subjects you study

Besides, since when is Calc required to graduate high school? If youre taking it then its your choice.

My Geometry Teacher said that to do Calculus, you need Algebra (10th grade BTW)

I just don't get Geometry at all, how is finding the congruency of triangles going to help me in life :?

Isn't knowledge more important than logic? You can't apply logic if you don't have knowledge while you can know things even if you don't think logically.SuperVegeta518

No, knowledge is most certainly not more important than logic. Logic improves your ability to learn more things in the future, which is definitely more important than how much you know at any specific point in time.

Its like all the teachers and schools are trying to cram all this knowledge inside of you before you turn 18 >_>

I hate Math. Most of it seems so pointless...

Maybe you hate math? Math is one of my favorite subjects.