Have you ever questioned why they teach algebra to us all in high school. In eighty years of living I’ve not one time used algebra. Arithmetic yes, maybe even a little geometry but algebraic formulas, No way.
When I was 14 I was a farm laborer. I’m now 80 and can’t get any of the neighborhood kids to do any simple jobs that I can no longer do myself. They’re all too busy planning their future as a venture capitalist of a .com billionaire.
Haven’t you read the poem. “My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah my foes and ah my friends, it makes a lovely light.” This is the time of life when she should be burning the candle at both ends. Good for her……
Have you ever questioned why they teach algebra to us all in high school. In eighty years of living I’ve not one time used algebra. Arithmetic yes, maybe even a little geometry but algebraic formulas, No way.