It's called an attempt to create a well-rounded student, New Yorker.
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right? I feel that math courses teach more than numbers - it's about logic and problem solving.
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@NewYorker we have a nation of economically financially + logically challenged thinkers including STEM grads https://twitter.com/newyorker/status/746508266339995648 … noThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Rebeccamead_NYC Because math is purest form of knowledge & shapes our understanding of everything, including poetry & dance.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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because math isn't an occupation, it's something you use every day and it could save your life. Even poets have to count.
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@iwalesino@NewYorker perhaps because a bit of maths might give a sense of symmetry, even to poetry and modern dance.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Rebeccamead_NYC so you can add up all the debt you'll be in w those for a major. :-|Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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so you can figure the interest rate on your student loan after graduating jobless, ps.
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@Rebeccamead_NYC Its called a liberal arts education, to produce people with breadth & depth ...oh... you're kidding!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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in poetry you need meter and feet. In dance, you need to count.
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@Rebeccamead_NYC think of this broadly: one may not use the math per se but will certainly use the logic acquired throughout lifeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Because it helps develop your brain. I think.
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@Rebeccamead_NYC Think and you will solve that problem.#thinkThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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there isn't a day that I don't use my math skills
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Clearly, Hacker doesn't understand Mathematics. It's a language where your personal opinion or subjectivity doesn't really matter
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it is the language of nature and essential to both the arts and sciences and the foundation of engineering
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@Rebeccamead_NYC logic. number sense. knowing that there is occasionally a correct answer and you need to find it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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because if they major in poetry they will need to figure how to pay off their student loans working at McDonald's
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