This is in response to the letter titled "Required classes are waste of time" (SN 11/19). I now feel more stupid for having read that letter. To compare a class that requires you do such things as factor or use polynomials to slavery is completely absurd.

You're right, Math 1825 is similar to slavery... minus the daily beatings, horrendous living conditions and 18 straight hours of hard labor 365 days a year. To say that this course is "completely worthless" is almost as ludicrous as your comparison, because I forgot, in the real world you don't use math for such things as doing your taxes, though I suppose you could get away without math and just invest your money into some pet rocks.

Or maybe, instead of complaining, you could just consider yourself lucky that you have the opportunity to attend a highly respected Big Ten school.

Steve Schauer
biochemistry senior