Many high school students regard algebra, geometry, and trigonometry as the most enjoyable classes they take during their high school years. Although it helps to have a good teacher, these subjects are very appealing to students who think logically and have good pattern recognition abilities. Of course, the numbskulls in Sacramento have gone out of their way to make these classes as unenjoyable as possible. They have worked with publishers to develop curriculum which discourages those who intuitively understand mathematical concepts and have gone out of their way to burden students with irrelevant exercises and activities which undermine their enthusiasm for math in general. Of course, this has all been done in the name of making math more accessible to students who are naturally turned off by math. The result has been that fewer students wind up succeeding in math! We can always count on the numbskulls in Sacramento to make a bad situation worse!