How many things
one has to learn throughout his or her academic life that he or she thinks is
of no or least importance and use ahead in their life? A handful really, name a
subject and half of it if not more appears to be dustbin worthy when it comes
to its practical usage in the real world. All philosophical mumbo jumbo turns
to dust every time a student gets promoted to the next class. All what he or
she had studies in the previous class begins looking like rubbish. Same is the
case with math, the parts that are the easiest also are the ones that are more
practical. The propositions like addition and product, percentages and
probabilities etc are the thing that one can bet to use one day. These problems
of math are covered in the very early stage of a student’s academics. Primary
schools make the base of a student in all the subjects.
The level of
math taught in high school level and beyond, is the one that seems the most
useless. Students just study to pass the subject and to get promoted and the
teachers simply teach to end the course in time. But the fact is that it needs
to be given respect that is due. Math is never out of someone’s life, not even
if they are done studying it, not even if they are becoming medical doctors or
lawyers. Ancient philosophers stated math as not a subject of study but as
means to understand and if used right, to spend the life.
Managing one’s
finance is amongst the most common tasks that anyone encounters. At a young
age, it is pocket money and at the working stage it is the salary of a person
that matters the most for him. Managing it right brings leisure to life but
then the question is that who uses it right? Primary school maths can help in
saving so much money that one cannot even imagine. Finance is a scarce resource
for everyone and it cannot be allocated in all the places all at once. If a
person spends more on one thing, needs to offset and trade off another thing
for it. But who is to tell how much should be spent on what. All of this comes
to knowledge by learning a little advanced math than just the basic primary
school maths.
Almost every
person invests money at some stage of their life sooner or later. They may buy
bonds, may deposit money in a savings account with a bank, or may even buy
stocks of a company. Doing this requires calculation as well as analyses
skills. Failure in doing even one of these two things can result in loss of
whole life savings. Future projections of values can be easily calculated if
one has studies a graduate level math course. Doing this helps in making big
decisions related to finances like buying a house or not.
Math also comes
in great use when it comes to taking care of health and fitness. Simple
calculations tell a person about their body mass relation. It also tells them
about the amount of dosage they need to take in relation to the degree of their
ailment. In body building, they help in making sure that the weight being
lifted is increased at a constant level. With all this being said, math is
arguably the most widely and commonly used subject of all and has the most to
do in routine daily life. Regardless of what one’s field is or what profession
they are pursuing, math remains an unmovable necessity for them at all levels.
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