Math is Important!

Even though I’m not a math, numbers person, I’ll officially, for the record, state that math is important. In travelling out and about in Madison County, I recently got behind a vehicle owned by the State of Mississippi. Now, I’m pretty certain that the folks making trucks have a standard width for tailgates on trucks, depending on the model. So, one would assume, that it would be fairly easy to take a strip of paper, identifying the state agency it represented, and evenly adhere it to the tailgate. Oh, no! Wasn’t even in the center, nor was it straight! For all the great things we do as a State, I wonder if out-of-state guests wonder if we teach math skills – – how to use a measuring tape, division and subtraction. And, if that’s not enough, a frequently travelled state highway from our sister state Alabama, has a great example of just how crooked letters can be put up on a big highway sign. Pascagoula is a long-enough word as is, but to have every other letter crooked….well, it really makes for a mess! To all those teaching math, please teach some simple, basic everyday-use math skills.