Do we Really use Algebra in Life?

I have spent so much of my time pondering a single question, do we really use these things we are trying so hard to learn in the real world? Back then, I did strongly believe that we did not. However, I have started to realize how important these skills are. Not just math, but also chemistry, writing skills, foreign language, government. Have you ever stopped to think about how much the world changed in the last century? New fast cars, instant messaging, Internet, cures for diseases. None of this would have been possible without a high understanding of the modern world, and a full modern education.

People are like ticking clocks, every second brings us closer to the day our batteries finally run out. Hundreds and thousands of years ago people discovered the things we learn before we turn ten years old. Why? Because we will advance the worlds knowledge and understanding a little bit more with our generation. Then we will pass and the next generation will learn what took us a lifetime to discover. And so on and so forth until one day maybe all disease will be curable, all the world will know things that we can't even imagine now.

When people at my school tell themselves that we will never use math or science, I always have this same thought in my head. The world is engineered to work with people that are not very highly educated. Most things in our life our laid out in a way that you would have to have little to no education in order to not understand them. If they are not this way less educated people will sue them for hundreds of thousands.

Even though the world is like this, the 1 in 10, in fact maybe the 1 in 1000 that does something because of their education to change the world will be worth the hard work of the other 999. That person who expands our worlds understanding of mathematics or science will be helping out with the cycle from generation to generation. If one person discovered something about the ocean floor, maybe a way to reach it in all areas. Think of the things following generations would discover because of it. All of the education we receive goes into this chance that we will actually use it for discovery, or to teach.

So if you ever find yourself thinking that the work you do in class is pointless, think about the things I have said.