<p>“People don’t really need trig or geometry if they aren’t going into STEM fields either, if you are going to argue from what needs to be used. That’s not why they make everyone take these subjects. The point is to develop abstract thinking.”</p>
<p>No, they make everyone take them because they are part of an inherited academic tradition. Granted, logic and abstract thought do appear to be things that must be deliberately taught, but math isn’t the only way to get there.</p>