Reflection On Simmt Article

            I agree with Elaine Simmt's article on how mathematics can play an important role in citizenship education.  We know that society holds this perception that learning math isn’t important for everyone because it has “little to do with the world we live in” but I think Simmt’s article does a good job of refuting this belief.  The article brings up a good point on how there has been a “mathematization” of society and that without even realizing it, people tend to work with or at least encounter math regularly in their day-to-day life.  What I especially liked about the article was Simmt’s argument on how it is important for citizens to be educated in math not only for the sake of general numeracy skills but also because learning mathematics teaches students how to become informed, active and critical citizens by teaching them skills on how to “identify and pose problems” and how to explain and to question.  These skills I believe are necessary to have in order to be a good citizen.  I also feel that learning mathematics teaches people more than just how to work with numbers; it develops the mind and gives students the problem solving skills they will need in their everyday life.