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For those that talk about how important math is in developing critical thinking, I agree. For those that talk about emphasizing practical application learning, I also agree. And my solution to both is this - we need to start placing a much greater emphasis on teaching probability and statistics. Too many people have really distorted ideas of probability, and it affects their thinking on a scale far beyond just math.
I took all the math classes in High School up through and including calculus. When I got to college, I realized I was not headed in a path that required more advanced math, so I satisfied my "quantitative reasoning" requirement by taking a statistics and probability class, and it was easily the best math related class I've ever had - the implications and resulting knowledge gained from that class have had a far greater impact on my life than trig or calculus.
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