During one of the rare occasions that I took the public transport, I overheard two “elite” secondary school boys talking to one another about the relevance and significance of learning math in their daily life. Both agreed that math serve no purpose for them unless they want to expand into the field of architect or engineering but apart from such technical area, they don’t seem to have a clue why Math is an important subject to be taught since young.
I smiled when I overheard their conversation on this topic. Back when I was around the same age as these teenagers, I echoed the same sentiments that they were lamenting upon. Why do we have to learn this? When are we ever going to use this in our lives?
My teacher used to say that what we are learning in class will lead to great applications in engineering, science, finance and many more. Needless to say, I rebel to such statements.…
