Wood class!!

also algebra, or is it trigonometry?? Figuring out angles and all that. If only I'd known then it was useful, it would have been a so much easier subject to learn.

My daughter teaches 6th grade. She teaches how the various math systems apply to everyday life. When one little boy told her he didn't need to know certain things because he was going into the family business. So she asked him to bill a client for the work to be done. They fix and make clocks/watches. Simply applying the tax was going to matter. He buckled down once it was applied to his life.

It really bothered me that I was in the advanced math classes and didn't learn to do basic necessities of life like doing one's taxes, or the bank book and stock pages and various other items that math applies to in everyday life. My husband still does our taxes.

They do need to teach how things apply. I used to have my daughter get my fabrics cut and pay for them while I browsed in the same store. She must have been about 8 at the time and to bolster math skills, we showed her how to count and add back money, showed her how to measure, and the like. Also taught her to bake so she would learn how to measure.

I had just given the kid money and fabric with instructions, and a lady watching this asked me how old kid was.
Lady said she taught junior high math and most of the students had no idea.

My mother had me do the same as a child, so I saw nothing unusual in it.

Algebra- I have never used it. Passed the classes and remember nothing. I do use geometry.

math- especially geometry
art, color theory, textile basics
home ec-sewing
drafting