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The totally honest answer about who will use polynomials past math class is "not many"

Posted by Reagen Feb 27 '19, 13:28

unless you're going into STEM or finance. But it's the same question you could ask about chemistry - who's going to know how to calculate thermodynamics problems except chemists and physicists? When I look at a chemistry class of 30, 15 go on to take the next level, 5 the level after that and maybe 1 has a career where that chemistry knowledge is relevant. We're not teaching it solely for the sake of knowing it, it's because you're learning skills about how to solve problems, and these are very relevant ways to do this. Also, at the high school level, you have no bloody idea what you're actually going to be doing 20 years later.

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- Ha ha no, it relates to my post from earlier. - Roger More Feb 27, 13:54 [Backboard] 3
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    - I'd sue you if I knew any good lawyers. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 14:17 1
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Also you need some base math skills if you want to pursue it in college. In my physics group we had a former football player - Max Feb 27, 13:40
I just think you have to have a better answer than "some job that sounds uninteresting to anyone, but especially uninteresting to a Grade 7 student" - Roger More Feb 27, 13:36 2
- STEM and finance is the easy answer then. - Reagen Feb 27, 13:39 1
  - Even more so back in the 1980s, I expect. STEM wasn't even an acronym then -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 13:43

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