David Sklansky's Article: Math, Logic, and Poker

[lisue49]

Sir,

Assuming your article is true, and I have no doubt it is, what is the answer? How do you convice parents a math/science education is worth more than what is currently offered? The sad news is most parents would rather have their children march in the band, or play on a winning football team than be a math scholar. I work at a cable company and the most common across the board response about cable is,"My kids gotta have cartoons." I have co-workers who cannot wait until their sons are playing football for the state college team. I found out that in the local school district the third graders are timed over and over on the same arithmetic problems so they make a good showing on the state proficiency test.
So my question to you is how do you get people to change their thinking about what is important?