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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps you are the one with the sheltered life. Get out more, meet some people who didn't take calculus, ask them whether or not they have a "real" job.[/quote]

Oh, so now the bar's Calculus?  A few posts ago you said it was Algebra I.  But regardless, that's just it - I've known plenty of people who didn't take higher math, and the vast majority of them are trapped in dead-end grunt work jobs on the low end of HHI as opposed to those who took higher math who virtually all ended up far more successful in life, landing high-paying jobs and endless opportunities.[/quote]

strictly anecdotal.[/quote]

Not that poster, but I'll bite. It may be "strictly anecdotal" but regardless countless studies show that students who take the mathematics courses to graduate from a good school with a bachelors degree (and at AU most fields required Statistics for example) make thousands -- sometimes millions -- more during their lifetimes than high school graduates. Do they "use" Algebra 1 or Algebra 2? Antitrust lawyers, to use an earlier example, use the quadratic equation to calculate the market share change of a merger between two companies. Anyone who ever renovated a house had to use both algebra and geometry to get the job done. Are they happier? According to this week's Time magazine cover --yes, that's primitive print -- the US is losing ground even on happiness to other countries. Is higher mathematics the key to greater happiness? Maybe not, but the higher happiness scoring countries also tend to top the US in education, too. Just a thought.[/quote]

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