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See The Math Myth for an impassioned argument against using mathematics achievement as a requirement for various non-mathematical things. I'm not saying it isn't controversial - check out the various reviews on the book if you're curious.
One of the problems is that mathematics knowledge (depending on the context we could be talking about anything from algebra to calculus) is often used solely as a tool to filter people when it is not appropriate to do so. There is a belief that achievement in mathematics should be a proxy for intelligence, perseverance or "grit".
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