Posted on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
According to a national survey released today in conjunction with National Math Month, four out of five teenagers believe math is important for achieving their goals of being doctors, scientists, executives and lawyers, but only half are planning to take advanced math classes beyond their schools’ minimum requirements.
Eighty-percent of teens said they wanted to pursue careers in medicine, sports, science, education, business, military, law or architecture. The top choices were careers in medicine (13%), sports (12%), science/biology and teaching (tied at 11%) — many of which require advanced college degrees with significant focus on mathematics and science.
