Therefore, smart employers want to hire someone who can learn quickly and thoroughly. In short, mathematics majors are excellent problem solvers. Such critical-thinking skills are keys to a life that is rewarding in both the financial and psychological sense. Mathematics courses that are done well are perhaps the purest mental conditioning programs that humans have devised. We must prepare the next generation to be logical, flexible thinkers in a world that is increasingly complex and mathematical.
Recent research indicates that the concepts of numbers and arithmetic are present in newborns.
Anyone who has watched young children at play knows that counting and organizing and trading are natural and enjoyable aspects of playing. That is, humans naturally enjoy mathematics. It is easy to lose that enjoyment if you start to find the learning difficult and get no help from teachers and parents. In fact, it sounds cooler to just quit, especially when a popular talk show host proclaims that we should drop mathematics from school. So, please, Rosie, say something nice about mathematics.