Maths is so important, it is used in almost all areas

You are talking like you are not a Nigerian. Do you think an Art student cant end up working in a science-oriented company? Our field of study doesn't really affect where we work, hence Mathematics is important to all students.

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Arts students no dey count money?

If an Arts student becomes a CEO, wouldn't he/she be reading Accounting and Financial reports?

Or do you think Arts students are not going to excel in life beyond pepper and tomatoes sellers?

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For those who are asking if maths is important,uhmm what can i say.
Maths explains many things around us.its applications are diverse
pls let me use this medium to advise u that u cnt escape it,when u get to d higher institution,u wil stil do some maths related course and if ur foundation is weak,then u wil find things very diffucult than u ever imagined.

I wonder what u are going to tell ur kids if they bring some maths prob for u to solve and u culdnt do it

jantavanta:

Maths, like Physics, is not taught in a culturally relevant context.

Very true. All science subjects in Nigeria.

Art is Geometry.
And Geometry is a branch of Mathematics.

safarigirl: so does English- the many angles of it.

Literature encourages more of a deeper thinking than Maths. With Maths there's a laid down procedure, with Literature, you have to explain a poem or a story in relation to the events of your society in YOUR OWN WORDS

Without maths you'd have been limited to sharing everything you write via photocopy. You wouldn't be able to share this opinion of the language that gave us the internet

Maths is boring to most Arts students. I had to copy and paste during my WAEC before I had a credit. It wasn't funny cos I knew I won't be admitted into any university without Maths.

dhammyg:
I DISAGREE.THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO ENHANCE DEEP REASONING MATHS &LITERATURE ARE ONE OF THOSE TWO.AND SINCE ARTS STUDENTS ARE ALREADY DOING LITERATURE WE SHOULDN'T BE BURDENED WITH MATHS

IF U DOUBT WHAT AM SAYING ABOUT LITERATURE GO AND STUDY LITERATURE 4 A WHILE

please, explain what u are doing in literature... To me... That course abi na subject is meant for lazy piple.. How can u b comparing resonin level of math to literature? Even in d primary skool days there was notin like literature reasoning... We only have Quantitative and Verbal reasoning.. Of which quantitative use to b more challenging

Is this really to be discussed? How can an individual not see the importance of mathematics or at least arithmetics in our everyday lives?!

As an artist... though not really active as just happens to be a talent. You need to be able to calculate the dimensions of things though unconsciously in Art schools in France u do anatomy(study of human structures or body) the main reason for this is for u to know how large a head should be relative to other body parts (isn't that maths) .. Even Da Vinci was a mathematician his work depicts far more than just paintings but numbers, dimensions... though his shapes were atheistic but it's still math... There was a thread on individuals with high IQ two things were common with most of them.. they were good at chess and Mathematics... Me I'm a mathematician first before you can start saying... writer,comedian,rapper,singer,anatomist,medical student, chess-novice, footballer... lolz

abvictory: Tell your friend to study harder

lol. Engr. prof. abvictory.

maths is a language of communication.

Princesschi: I'm impatiently waiting for d day wen people would start using '2x-3y = y' in real life.

Whoever invented maths...hmm no comment sha

whoever invented maths came with two packages:theory and practical...tot our fathers and forefathers the importance of BOTH....but in our own wisdom,we systematically left out d practical aspect hoping d smart or bright students will understand and adapt while d others are left wit d tinking dat maths is extremely difficult 4 dem,so dey run away....just my opinion

The question should be, why are they so scared of Mathematics? Why is English Language also compulsory? After all, I speak good enough English and I do not need to know about clauses, phonetic symbols, sentence construction and other 'irrelevant' things I'm being taught.
Mathematics is a universal part of human culture. It helps to develop a well rounded student.

to know the amount of colour needed to paint dr art work...
to calculate the length of the sketch material...
to know the amount of price goods will be sold....

I suggest dey even include Further Maths. #Persönal opinion

oyb:

Without maths you'd have been limited to sharing everything you write via photocopy. You wouldn't be able to share this opinion of the language that gave us the internet

without English you wouldn't have been able to even express yourself on the internet to start with

mstik: The question should be, why are they so scared of Mathematics? Why is English Language also compulsory? After all, I speak good English and I do not need to know about clauses, phonetic symbols, sentence construction and other 'irrelevant' things I'm being taught.
Mathematics is a universal part of human culture. It helps to develop a well rounded student.

lol...are you sure you speak good english? Do you get ALL the pronunciations correctly? Or do you just speak the Nigerian version of English and term it 'good English'?

English is too vast and being that you're not English, you really won't be able to speak the language as good as you think you do

iwakolewa: But I am of the opinion that maths should be a compulsory subject just like english,people need it without knowing they do,I was an art student,a brilliant one and I hated mathematics, and it's affected me a great deal,I hated all my maths teacher.....not knowing I might actually run into maths in the future again,and I did. I studied international relations, maths was part of the compulsory subjects listed for my admission requirements....thank God,I managed to get a pass,but even now at my age,when my younger ones used to bring their homework to me,statistics and co,I felt ashamed cos I couldn't help out.

And when I started work,I had to do a little bit of maths every day,so I had to get a maths tutor.

Please tell all these lazy Nairalanders who are saying that Maths is not relevant. Just imagine that someone who used to think like you (that Maths is useless) went and studied International relations (a pure arts course) in the University. Only to discover that she desperately need Mathematics for her to apply the course she had passed in the university, and went as far as contracting a Mathematics tutor when she had started working.
This should sound as a warning to you lazy ones to change your way of thinking and work hard now to save yourself some embarrassment in future. Mathematics is still the king of all subjects!

Just mention where it is not required and I will prove you wrong.

I beg make person create a counter thread for these o. With eng. When i was young, when my dad taught me math, he told me math is the most simply subject. And i followed that ordeal.
For my first waec na B3 i get for math, F9 for eng. My second waec B2 for math oriyomi c6 for eng.
No matter what in math if you are critical thinker you no fit fail. But art related subject, dem be wasssh. My art friends, some of them are still taking gce. Looking for lit

edited to 'good enough'
The question was directed to the art students who don't see why Mathematics should be compulsory. I also asked them why English should be compulsory.
It does not apply to me lol

safarigirl: lol...are you sure you speak good english? Do you get ALL the pronunciations correctly? Or do you just speak the Nigerian version of English and term it 'good English'?

English is too vast and being that you're not English, you really won't be able to speak the language as good as you think you do

DGKN: No use!

Basic Mathematics is great for Everybody.

mathematics is general language just like English. you can't do without measurement in you work. or can you draw a human body and without their adequate proportion.

kamo2930yahoo: Maths is boring to most Arts students. I had to copy and paste during my WAEC before I had a credit. It wasn't funny cos I knew I won't be admitted into any university without Maths.

See confession.... Lolz

safarigirl: lol...are you sure you speak good english? Do you get ALL the pronunciations correctly? Or do you just speak the Nigerian version of English and term it 'good English'?

English is too vast and being that you're not English, you really won't be able to speak the language as good as you think you do

Man note that the only importance of English language is solely for effective communication which can be achieved using other languages. The only universally understood language which is compulsory irrespective of your language is Mathematics. Once you understand English well and can effectively communicate with it, you don't need more of it. Most people that have the best technologies in the world did not develop it with English but Maths. Their respective languages are enough for them. But Mathematics is compulsory for them. Come to think of it, is there any country where Mathematics is not compulsorily studied? But I tell you, there are many countries where English is not needed and is not studied in school and their technologies and economies are very good.

To the lazy Nigerian student, embrace Mathematics so that we will all progress together in all aspects.

To test their proficiency...

Princesschi: I'm impatiently waiting for d day wen people would start using '2x-3y = y' in real life.

Whoever invented maths...hmm no comment sha

People use '2x-3y = y' everyday.

I was an art student and I always hated maths. I will never understand the use of it

sunkuns003:

Man note that the only importance of English language is solely for effective communication which can be achieved using other languages. The only universally understood language which is compulsory irrespective of your language is Mathematics. Once you understand English well and can effectively communicate with it, you don't need more of it. Most people that have the best technologies in the world did not develop it with English but Maths. Their respective languages are enough for them. But Mathematics is compulsory for them. Come to think of it, is there any country where Mathematics is not compulsorily studied? But I tell you, there are many countries where English is not needed and is not studied in school and their technologies and economies are very good.

To the lazy Nigerian student, embrace Mathematics so that we will all progress together in all aspects.

well for us who write, effective use of English is highly required. While Mathematicians couldn't be bothered by their communication skills.

English gives you a deeper sense of self expression, Maths puts you in a box. It all depends on where you're at and your interests. The only thing I use Maths for is word-count.

But this topic is on why arts students need Maths, not what Maths has done for this world.

gnykelly: mathematics is general language just like English. you can't do without measurement in you work. or can you draw a human body and without their adequate proportion.

I agree that Maths is a general (universal) language needed by everyone irrespective of your language or country but I do not agree that English is. It is only compulsory in some countries where it is spoken as official language. In most countries, it has substitute languages but Maths does not have any substitute. Mathematics is one and is used universally (the only universal language understood by all that know it). You can use it to communicate to a Chinese, Dutch, French or English people effectively without you understanding their languages. It is not same as English.

mstik: edited to 'good enough'
The question was directed to the art students who don't see why Mathematics should be compulsory. I also asked them why English should be compulsory.
It does not apply to me lol

I'm an arts student. I don't totally suck at Maths but it's not my best subject.

And most of the calculations in Mathematics are of little or no importance to me.