I’ve never understand why people bitch about having to study math, but are seemingly fine studying history, literature, etc., which are just as useless in everyday life.
High school math's only helpful for entertainment if you like recreational math puzzles or maybe Factorio or something.
You'll notice it takes far less convincing to get kids to understand the value of addition and arithmetic and maybe even very basic algebra. This is because they can immediately use it for play and entertainment. You're locked out of a ton of board games, even, if you can't do simple arithmetic with small numbers. "How much more money do I need to buy that video game I want?" is a question they're motivated to answer.
When it's common for people to encounter and eagerly choose to engage with entertainment the enjoyment of which is greatly enhanced by knowing how to find a second derivative, I expect math will stop being particularly prone to this kind of scrutiny.
But no, at least in where I lived (Turkey) the history classes are ancient history, then some Turkish civilizations in Anatolia, Ottomans and early Turkey history. Then we have like a 60-70 years of empty space. Is this different for other countries?