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HacheNoire:
At some point I might agree that no knowledge is wasted, but practically and holistically, my primary school education played more of a vital role. The mathematics and communication are still valid till today.

University days, I was just making calculations that I thought would make the GREATEST in the industry, only for me to find out it was all crap!

I can teach a confirmed illiterate what I do now of WILLING to learn. I went to university and still did NYSC for that cardboard.

Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently, in terms of higher learning?

BOOKWORMLUX:
You can't teach the illiterate to think in the way school shaped you too
I bet you'll regret it if you ever choose to carry an illiterate along
School changed something about the way you think and your perception of life

Why I stated “WILL”

I put in 5 years of life into that way. 5 good years! Why I said if I knew, I would have invested in international certifications and climbed the ladder to the top.

A first class graduate in computer engineering from a Nigerian university is not worth half of a CCIE in terms of pay or demand.

U09ce:
Lol. You don't have to make use of everything you learn. Infact, it's impossible. If I remember, this method is one of the methods for solving quadratic equations. At least it has taught you some problem-solving skills i.e there are a thousand ways to bell a cat. So, when you encounter problem in life, don't necessarily stick to one solution, you're free to alternate.

On a more serious note, we tend to underrate the power of mathematics. Though I partially heap the blame on the way we were taught. Mathematics is actually the language of nature. You'd be amazed to see applications of mathematics in disciplines you've thought of. For example, do you know that mathematics is used to model the spread of epidemic like Corona virus? How it spreads and where it goes? Mathematics is the backbone of science. Do encourage/help your kids to learn it the practical way. Instead of just doing Area=length x breadth, get a tape and give them to measure a room and tell you the area. Then, show them how you can use that area to calculate the number of tiles that can fit the space. They'd never forget the concept.

Maths is beautiful

I logged in to like your comment, especially the second paragraph.

Mariangeles:
Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently, in terms of higher learning?

I would climb the ladder of internationally recognized certifications. I mean climbing my way from basic to the top.

Rielbusinesses:
Everything I have ever don for Money and work, none was thought me in school.

The street even helped me more than my certificate

Hmmm you haven't started life bro.

HacheNoire:
Why I stated “WILL”

I put in 5 years of life into that way. 5 good years! Why I said if I knew, I would have invested in international certifications and climbed the ladder to the top.

A first class graduate in computer engineering from a Nigerian university is not worth half of a CCIE in terms of pay or demand.

So have you gotten the International certificates?

The fact is that going to university in Nigeria increases one's chances of succeeding

Eriokanmi:
It's useless lol. Even dy/dx is never applicable in any situation

You really didn't go to school.

Yeah. Career growth in God's grace.

Yeah. Career growth in God's grace. 😃😃😃

femi4:
Yes
Especially in construction n aerospace

Soh cah toa
Pythagoras theorem
Simultaneous equation involving one linear and one quadratic equation

Your words brought back phobia

Keziehenry:
Quadratic equation curve

If you work in a field of engineering, economics and finance, you must have applied it seriously

Don't limit knowledge to only the classroom.

It's applicable in many other fields of life.

Mathematics actually makes you smarter in any field you find yourself

bong4:
You really didn't go to school.

Yes, you really know me well as my neighbour, growing up

BOOKWORMLUX:
So have you gotten the International certificates?

The fact is that going to university in Nigeria increases one's chances of succeeding

I graduated in the early 2000 when tech was mega hot. I had my wins but I knew and accepted I was far behind.

What sold then has evolved into other things and Yes, I got those certifications. But if I had it at entry, I still be ahead than where I stand today.

I spent one year in training just going to classes and earning salary. My next two years was supervised. I couldn’t even call INDEPENDENT shots.

You know my pain, the nights I spent with calculus, laplace, strength of materials, applied and fluid mechanics.

Reality hit me hard that I will never have the opportunity to showcase my skill to my employer. The whole extra shit I got during exams wasted!

HacheNoire:
Sincerely, if I knew I was going to end up where I am today, I would have ditched the university and just climbed the ladder of internationally recognized certifications.

I can authoritatively say that, MY 5 years in the university was ABSOLUTE waste of time and resources.

On my first employment, I got nurtured like I never went to the university- they probably knew it was all bullshiit.

With my knowledge and experience, I can’t even attribute one knowledge to my university days. My primary school mathematics still add more impact.

Depends on what u studied.

U cannot study med lab, medicine or nursing and make use of university knowledge afterwards.

blowjohn:
Depends on what u studied.

U cannot study med lab, medicine or nursing and make use of university knowledge afterwards.

Medicine is exclusive. They have cadavers to have frontline experience. Even at that, ALL Nigerian graduates are illiterates to the front line techs supporting the industry. They will always have to readjust at some point when they get there.

Now compare it with computer, mechanical, , electrical or chemical. Those guys are just solving calculations and doing practicals with outdated principles and equipments, which they only do once a while and not even majors.

You know why those Philippine and Indian tech schools are always ahead, it because they follow current industry practice. Their graduates are already intuned or have a BASIC idea of the frontline operations and tools.

They don’t teach them engineering law.

You use it everyday and will continue to use it so long as you are alive. When you go to the market or stores to buy things, you use it. The x and y are simply the pepper, ice cream, garri, beans, rice, fuel price, transportation, etc. In fact, you do the calculations with your local language and ways without knowing it.

It's just that students are not explicitly told that x and y represent the things they use use everyday. Even most advanced students don't even know it.

Eriokanmi:
It's useless lol. Even dy/dx is never applicable in any situation

You took me down memory lane.

When I was foolish then, I thought that thing will get me a job automatically. The laplace transformations!

If I ever get into power, I am arresting all those lecturers. They convinced us it was the future.

funnyDM:
If you've ever traded crypto or forex, then you have used this kind of chart. Oil prices rise, oil prices fall. Dollar rise, dollar fall. It's all about this chart, incase you don't know.

Not true, I trade crypto but I don’t use this kind of chart.

funnyDM:
If you've ever traded crypto or forex, then you have used this kind of chart. Oil prices rise, oil prices fall. Dollar rise, dollar fall. It's all about this chart, incase you don't know.

I understood those perfectly and I didn't even pass this nonsense

You're trying to argue against education. Think about that. Does that make sense to you?

This is mostly useful to you if you're in an engineering field. But in general it's useful for most people in rational thinking and trajectory insight even in our daily lives. We might not have it on paper but if you look closely, you would notice the pattern

They only tried to tell you that life is full of ups and downs

I think that it depends more on your field of study. My field of study and my present job requires a lot of all this (Aeronautics engineering). Also my side hobby requires this so much (Music production) when I'm doing audio mastering and Applying VSTi effects on my instrumentals in FL STUDIO, REASON, PRO TOOLS, NUENDO etc

HacheNoire:
I would climb the ladder of internationally recognized certifications. I mean climbing my way from basic to the top.

I love your line of thought, but let me ask, knowing what you know now, will your kids attend secondary school and university or they'll just stop at Primary school, then start running professional stuffs... I'm asking cos you stated that only what you learnt in primary school is still relevant

BOOKWORMLUX:
If you think these things are useless, it's because you grew up in a failed country
Elon Musk is almost becoming a trillionare from applying physics in practical life, while someone in Nigeria is capping that Mathematics is a scam, but he's rushing to Chatgpt for everything.
Everything we are enjoying today is a result of practical application of these things you think were a waste of time

I wish it was possible to give you one million likes!
Just because we use finished products, we no longer appreciate the roots.
Most of the technologies we use today have their roots in these Mathematical concepts.
The artificial intelligence many people now use for has its foundation in training a model to learn and the principle is based on linear equation Y = mX + C , quadratic equation (logistics regression) and calculus for back propagation and gradient descent. The basics of generative AI such as chat GPT is Attention Mechanism which is all about vector algebra.
Please o allow your wards to learn those mathematics concept with passion who knows, they may discover new things

Well, y=mx+c. You are using it indirectly anytime you use any AI.

Yampotatocarrot:
I love your line of thought, but let me ask, knowing what you know now, will your kids attend secondary school and university or they'll just stop at Primary school, then start running professional stuffs... I'm asking cos you stated that only what you learnt in primary school is still relevant

Secondary education is the nearest minimum.

Not even with AI evolution now. University will almost become obsolete. Personally, I will be investing in them with frontlines languages and techs.

The earliest starters will be the biggest winners!

If you teach me again right now I still won't understand it.

Something wey my Us tech100 stock and Eurusd dey show me well everyday , infact I saw it about 15minutes ago ..

Keziehenry:
Quadratic equation curve

Yes I have, teaching my kids when they brought it home for homework.
It’s always fun solving quadratic equations using graphs

Yes, the application is to almost all life activities and not just the paper diagrams you see,
It is usually used for prediction.

If as a grown up, you don't see the applications of every single things you have been taught in schools in your everyday life then, you are one of the problems humanity have ! ..🤔