Is Algebra Necessary?

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

Very true. I agree 100% with everything you've said. For those who fail Algebra at my school, a lot of the time it's the student's fault, and it's always students who have a negative attitude towards the class.

Perhaps these students have a negative attitude because they believe that the knowledge is unnecessary, and have been taught by previous teachers that they are "bad at math."

(My own opinion is that any truly great student can succeed with any teacher, and any truly great teacher can succeed with any group of students. The problem is that both of these occurrences are quite rare.)