trig and geometry are super handy in the trades - building or making things or repairing them is made way easier with those math skillz built on arithmetic that is near instinctual.

calculus is a big shoulder shrug in terms of value in my life, but i viewed it as equivalent to reading the classics. our civilization is built on the stuff.

when i use real world stuff to show the power of math, people love the hell out of it. book learned math is like a cancer that ruins the whole field for most of us normies