Although it seems to be the bane of nearly everyone's high school existence, many people actually enjoy math! We aren't a myth, I promise, and they're the same people responsible for whatever you're reading this on, the same people responsible for the moon landing, and so much more.

1. It provides an explanation for the world around us. For those curious souls who never stop asking why, math helps to explain some of the natural phenomenons around us. Music being one example, a note exactly one octave above another has exactly twice the frequency in its sound wave. Math is essential to understanding this concept, just as many other concepts can be proved through math.

2. It helps people in everyday life. From totaling your items at the grocery store, to quickly doubling a recipe, math is ingrained in our brains, and we often use it without thinking. If you were to take out a calculator every time you needed to add up a number, you would be wasting time that has already been put in so that you don't need such a device. Math is essential to walking through everyday life.

3. It gives people a sense of wonder. When solving a difficult math problem, watching the steps unfold in a simple, efficient way is almost mystical, hard to believe, incredible. Throughout thousands of years of philosophers and mathematicians uncovering new rules of math, the same number system has held true and provided us with a way to think. That is absolutely incredible to me, and that's why I appreciate math.