I learned more math in shop class than I did in math class.  Trig actually makes sense when you&#x27;re trying to cut angles right to create a piece of furniture, or figure out how to pattern your rafters to get the right pitch on a roof.<p>Bringing Python or R in to graph the meaningless functions that we graphed on our TI-83s doesn&#x27;t add much value - what you are doing is still pointless.  If you want to teach high-school-level pre-calculus, I think the best bet would be to offer a 3D graphics course.  Jamming math into people&#x27;s heads without showing them why it would ever be useful is about as effective as jamming a camel through the eye of a needle.  You&#x27;ve got to trick people into learning math.