Increasing car usage in many large global cities has caused a number of problems. Some cities have proposed banning private vehicles from the city center

Many children struggle working their mathematics exercises or try to grasp some esoteric ideologies of

philosophy

every day. While I recognize that making Mathematics and

Philosophy

optional subjects may ease the school life of a number of students, I believe that those kind of subjects should be kept compulsory to a certain level. Mathematics and

Philosophy

had been never easy subjects at school. To be good at Maths, one needs to have great numerical skills while

Philosophy

would require learners to have a good analytical ability and deep social knowledge. Apparently not all children were born with

such

innate abilities.

Furthermore

, in a society of high specialization, some people do not need to know much about formulas or ideologies to be successful. A potential football player or an aspiring musician evidently do not need extensive knowledge of maths or

philosophy

. It would actually be a waste of talents if they are forced to divert their time into studying those subjects.

Therefore

, it is not necessary that everyone should follow the same structure of education with Maths and

Philosophy

at the core.

However

, I would argue that certain foundations of mathematics and

philosophy

are critical. Science subjects like mathematics and society play an important part in the intellectual development of a child. Beyond numbers, calculations or tenets, math enables children to think logically whereas

philosophy

cultivates in them a rightful mindset and guides them on how they perceive the world. All of them have enormous impacts on the children’s entire life.

Besides

, children are normally not mature enough to be able to make choices regarding their education. Thereby a compulsory set of subjects until a certain age,

for example

a fixed course for all primary schools, is reasonable. In conclusion, math and

philosophy

should not be completely optional at school, but preferably remain a compulsion to an extent.