Why Is Algebra Important

“Think of math as a huge boulder we make everyone pull, without assessing what all this pain achieves. So why require it, without alternatives or exceptions? Thus far I haven’t found a compelling answer.” - Andrew Hacker. People endorsing or opposing algebra in school both can agree that algebra can be difficult for many students. This does not mean algebra is hard for every students. Students should just not ignore struggling with algebra, but get assistance and help themselves become better at algebra. People should look at algebra with a perspective that some people do not have the ability to learn algebra. Some people believe algebra is the main reason for students dropping out of school. Conversely, some other people believe algebra teaches students critical, intellectual reasoning skills. Algebra is essential for life and should stay apart of education for three main reasons: teaches students

critical reasoning skills, helps keep our generation thinking, and is used in daily life without people even knowing it.
Algebra teaches students critical thinking.

Algebra is the only subject in school and in math that uses letters and numbers to find the answer of a problem. Algebra shows the relationship of how one solution or problem changes the other solution or problem. Algebra helps teach student’s minds to be always looking for a solution for the problem that they are faced with. Not only are student’s minds looking for solutions, but algebra encourages their minds to develop reasoning skills. Students can find that algebra is involved in their other classes and algebra helps them to think critically in these classes.

Algebra helps out generation to keep thinking. Many people believe that we should take algebra because it is hard and can lead to students dropping out of school. If schools get rid of algebra because it is hard and to make students life easier. We would be “dumbing down” our generation and in the future “dumbing down” our nation. Algebra in this generation and if kept in future generations will help the generation to find solutions in more than one

way.
Algebra is used in daily life without anyone knowing or noticing. This is stated quite frequently and is mostly ignored by most people. Imagine going to grocery store and paying $120 for groceries, but the groceries only costed $100. Without basic algebra many would not know how much money they would get back. Without algebra there would not of been the Industrial Revolution because of the algebra used in building the new machines. Algebra was also apart of making the Transcontinental Railroad. The builders making spikes, steel, and other things for the railroad needed to know how many to make for the distance they were going. Algebra was not only in past inventions, but now is in modern technology.
Algebra is necessary and important for life and should stay apart of education for three main reasons: teaches students vital thinking skills , helps keep our generation stay smart, and is used everyday. Algebra helps students think critically and try to look for a solution. It helps our generation and future generations to not just give up when something is hard and how to use reasoning skills. Algebra is in everyday life, without many realising it. This matters to students, people opposing algebra, and businesses. This matters to students and people opposed to algebra because they need to know why algebra is important to this generation and future generations. This matters to businesses because they may want to hire people who do good or did good in algebra because they are critical thinkers and they are always looking for a solution to a problem.