This is for you senior class, the class of 2011. This site is for you to share with other students in your class how math may play a role in your future. I'm sure many of you realize you will be taking math in college or using it in some form in your future job, but some of you may not realize how important the math you are taking now really is, and how valuable.
Perhaps you want to be a fashion designer, well maybe you think you may not need math after high school. Whoa there, you do need to know how to measure accurately for the dresses and suits you are designing for the company that just hired you, and their new fall promo. The cutting and pattern layout team will be cutting material that is supposed to fit the patterns you designed, and they need to know how much material to exactly cut (too much or tool little can cost your company big bucks). If you put the compnay in the "red," then either they can go out of business, or you can lose your job. This information goes into your personnel file. So, even if you lose your job, the next company can access those records, and may decide not to hire you. So, it is important that you know how to accurately measure.
How about you folks wanting to join the armed forces. You need to take exams for entrance, and the more math you know, the higher the paying position and status you will be granted.
Even you future plumbers, electricians, and construction people, math will be used daily on the job.math careers.
In fact, when times are tough, and the job market is rough...those people with the math skills needed are often hired first, because companies want to invest their time and money in people who will make the company's stock soar over their competitors.
Perhaps you want to be a fashion designer, well maybe you think you may not need math after high school. Whoa there, you do need to know how to measure accurately for the dresses and suits you are designing for the company that just hired you, and their new fall promo. The cutting and pattern layout team will be cutting material that is supposed to fit the patterns you designed, and they need to know how much material to exactly cut (too much or tool little can cost your company big bucks). If you put the compnay in the "red," then either they can go out of business, or you can lose your job. This information goes into your personnel file. So, even if you lose your job, the next company can access those records, and may decide not to hire you. So, it is important that you know how to accurately measure.
How about you folks wanting to join the armed forces. You need to take exams for entrance, and the more math you know, the higher the paying position and status you will be granted.
Even you future plumbers, electricians, and construction people, math will be used daily on the job.math careers.
In fact, when times are tough, and the job market is rough...those people with the math skills needed are often hired first, because companies want to invest their time and money in people who will make the company's stock soar over their competitors.