September 15

A pseudo-argument I have encountered is one that most people come across in their lives. Does math really help you in the real world? I think that this is a question that almost every kid has asked their math teacher at least once. The math teacher always says that the problem can be related to real life and that it will be used every day especially in certain professions. Then the kids always reply that their jobs will not require math so why do they need to learn it? An English teacher doesn’t use most of the math that is taught in high school math, it’s a fact. There will always be opposing arguments on this, and there has never been a conclusion. Both sides have their own ideas and they stick with it never allowing a conclusion to take place. The student in this case is the fanatical skeptic because they won’t believe the math teacher no matter what they say to convince them otherwise.