I don’t think that Gordon Adams letter was very convincing. My vote would be that he take a math class. Some of his points are logical and relevant to his study of work, but not all are and it seems as if he is rambling on to a certain extinct. High schools set requirements in order to graduate whether you need them or not. So if there are requirements in high school, I think that there should be rules in college. You may end up needing to recall some of your math skills, you just never know.
I think he should take it, if he ever applies it, great, if not he learned something and may be able to recall it later on. They shouldn’t make an exception for him, if they won’t make exceptions for anyone else. He also states that, “I contacted a few friends… .” (paragraph 9) His friends may not have needed or applied the math information, but they were still required to take it.
Mr. Gordon’s friends did take it without complaint, at least we assume. He should just follow his friends commitment to receiving their degree, meaning do whatever it takes, including taking math, to pass the requirements and get the degree. He should have just taken math earlier on so this wouldn’t have been such a big dilemma and made a big deal of. “He does not know what his future hold…
I know precisely what my future holds and that future holds no possibility of my needing college algebra.” (paragraph 12) If he knew what he wanted to do in high school, he should have complained about not needing algebra in high school, as he said, it does not apply to my field of study. Gordon should have compiled an argumentive essay in high school or even in his freshman year in college. He shouldn’t have waited so late in his college years to present an argument. Gordon’s argument is not persuasive enough to convince the board to change there minds.
The Essay on High School Education Person College
What is an Education? According to the Oxford English Dictionary one of the definitions of the word 'education' is: 'The systematic instruction, schooling or training given to the young in preparation for the work of life; by extension, similar instruction or training obtained in adult age. Also, the whole course of scholastic instruction which a person has received. Often with limiting words ...
