I think we often make this mistake, but we shouldn't be marketing our proffesion to people who love math. It's definitely the wrong proffesion for a smart person with a passion for math.
I love math, but I am surveyor despite that, not because of that. I indulge in my passion as a hobby outside work.
We are mistaken the reulquirment to be minimmaly competent in math with loving it. Yes, many surveying programs require linear algerbra and differential equations, but 99% of us never use more math than is offered in most high schools.
It is becoming more and more difficult each school year to employ people to teach math at a high school who have any working knowledge of the subject at hand. Finding someone to teach Algebra I is not too bad because so many had to take that class and at least one higher to graduate high school. They many be a History teacher first and, by passing the PRAXIS examination for introductory classes in math, a Math teacher second. Finding someone to teach the upper classes of College Algebra, Introduction to Calculus, etc. is becoming exceptionally difficult, especially for 80 percent of the high schools.
The story I've heard is Iowa county sizes were designed so that a round trip in daylight could be made by horse and buggy to the courthouse from anywhere in the county. I don't know how true it is but it makes a good story. I guess LDP design wasn't a consideration then😉
That would not work on the west coast. We've got counties that you could have a hard time doing that in a car.
>Moe you’re supposed to come up with a creative “humble brag,” not tell the truth…
Agreed you cant be giving out trade secrets like that
