A Warning to College Profs (W. Post)

[BCEagle91]

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<p>if you learned something 2 years ago and have not used it since–how well would
you do on a test in that subject, seriously. How often does anyone use geometry
after they have taken it in high school–beyond the basic stuff like knowing what a
90 degree angle is?</p>

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<p>Geometry is useful in physics. Maybe chemistry and biology too. I imagine that it’s useful in computer science as well. I bought math puzzle books for the kids through the years so they had opportunities to do geometry problems, even after they studied it. I also presented ideas from calculus, mostly to our daughter and there were geometrical ideas there too.</p>

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<p>Even college math majors do not take geometry again.</p>

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<p>They make take courses related to geometry. Our son took a course in Computational Geometry in the past few years.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing that the only real major that would would be engineering–structural
and architects. Why the focus for such an important test on a subject that 99%
of the kids are NEVER going to use again. Test them on algebra, something that
does get used later in life by a lot of people.</p>

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<p>Historically, the high-school geometry course was where students were introduced to proofs with logic and reasoning covered in English courses. This provided a base for reasoning in life. My understanding is that the proofs are mainly gone from high-school geometry courses today.</p>