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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Name a profession that uses calculus and let's see how many jobs are out there right now for that position.  Not worthless but not necessary for 99.99% of college grads.[/quote]

Shakespeare is also not necessary for an even larger percentage, yet you would probably not argue that it's useless (nor would I).

But more to the point, that's a sorry state of affairs if 99.9% of college graduates work in jobs that only require rudimentary math skills. We should be working to change *that*. And to change the attitude that it's ok to not know much (or anything) about math or science yet it's socially unacceptable not to have read and analyzed poetry.  [/quote]

Because language trumps math.

Of course we need scientists, engineers and computer programmers.

But the majority of professional careers simply don't require math and science. Even computer programming barely uses calculus (google it).

By contrast, nearly every profession requires strong writing skills (or at least decent writing skills). Reading Shakespeare gets you there when you have to analyze it in a term paper. Of course, nowadays most students email their papers to Mommy so she can proofread and edit it. Crazy. And that's the real issue: fretting over compacted math for your third grader because you are already fixating on college...this won't end well. [/quote]

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