Chiz Escudero Math-Hater

Escudero also suggested a revision of public schools’ curriculum that would reduce the number of regular subjects taught to students - from the current eight to 11, to six - as one way to reduce the classroom shortage. Essential subjects, he said, would include Languages, including English and Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies or History, Computer and Good Manners and Right Conduct. Subjects like trigonometry, calculus, geometry, and algebra, should be taught only in college or as high school electives since these are not relevant to the everyday life of Filipinos, he said. “If by any chance they are able to reduce the curriculum by half, we would effectively double the number of classrooms in a day and overnight, because we can now use the classroom twice over instead of simply being used once, given the overburden curriculum that our children have,” he said

SOURCE: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=11710

omg! what the hell is he talking about?! i must agree that algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and other branches of mathematics won't be part of our day-to-day lives. But for pete's sake! these are one of those subjects that help us enhance our analytical abilities. I love mathematics, except "calculus" and I definitely disagree to Escudero's suggestion. Good thing, I didn't vote for him (as if nagregister, hehehe!) Chiz, oh dear, all the while I thought you'll be great in the senate, sigh! Have you failed these subjects during your high school? It seems obvious, har! har!