Allen P. Kovacs, adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at Wayne State, says in a letter to the editor that math is the key to jobs. "Math is the language of science, engineering and information technology, and the United States is illiterate. "People, here, are taught to fear math and don't worry if they can't use it." Kovacs adds that "people in China are very good in math and have jobs making high-tech, middle-tech and even low-tech things, while people in the U.S. are learning what unemployment is all about."