Getting rid of Algebra

My classmate has brought up the subject of Texas considering dropping Algebra II in high school. My classmate has agreed with this because it seems unreasonable to have someone learn what will never be used in their working lives. I have the same opinion. Math is the type of subject known to give people anxiety and I am one of those people. Though I do use math everyday at work, majority of it was not learned in Algebra. In Algebra II, you expect people to learn something in a certain time frame that they just try to memorize it instead of learning it. History, Science, and English do give people a hard time as well but those are what is used in your everyday life. Not so much Algebra II. The Pythagorean theorem is NEVER going to come up in conversation or be applied to your job like the other subjects unless the conversation is about useless information you learned in High School and how much time was wasted on it. As that saying goes, people value grades more than they value learning.


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Nurses possibly taking role of physicians?

Nurses have an important role in the healthcare and it isn't shocking that they want to fight for more independence. Christina Blanco, who is a nurse, has a business in specializing women's health and moved it to New Mexico because their laws are different from Texas. In Texas, nurses have to be under supervision of a physician and even though it was her business, the physicians still demanded at least 25% of her profit. Doesn't seem fair because she is running the business and doing majority of the work. A legislation was passed in Texas this year allowing loosened supervision of physicians over nurses. 

With myself being involved in healthcare as a pharmacy technician, I work closely with nurses and understand their importance. When I call for assistance for a patient, it is the nurses that are on top of things and quick to help. If I was to speak to a physician, then I would have to be put on hold for awhile while the they try to help me and then the physician would eventually give up and hand the phone to the nurse. Some physicians aren't as good with computers or record keeping as nurses are efficient at those type of things. Though physicians do carry a heavy amount of knowledge that they are literally the brains and nurses assure everything runs smoothly.

I have a high respect for physicians but I believe if a nurse wants to open a business without a physician then they should be able to. The only thing is that it should be primary care so that it is within medical need that a nurse can handle. Once the health of the patient becomes in any degree of danger then they should see a physician. If the patient is just going for a physical, I see no problem. The nurse should be able to determine if something is in need of a physician since it is kind of what they already do.