We go to school in order to learn a whole bunch of subjects that people see as useful to society and to receive an education but most of the things in school have nothing to do with real life at all. Say you wanted to be a musician but the music school was full it doesn’t mean you should have to go to school where you learn every subject and same for the music school. If you are going to be a doctor things like Literature in the meaning of novels such as high school reading ex. Lord of the Flies, Hamlet, Othello, etc. People should be able to choose what they want to learn about at a young age because if the do they will have so much experience and knowledge by the time they reach adulthood that the world will be consumed by talent and wellness. But people who want to play sports have to learn Science, History, etc. We go everyday to have this crap shoved down our throats and force-fed the opinions of the people who were forced fed previously and all the way back to the originals. When we are wasting time and moeny and other things that won’t benefit us. I am definitely not saying teachers are bad in fact i think they should be appreciated and paid way more than what they are paid now but we need to have the ability to choose our own education and not have our hands held all the way to adulthood for we will be a child trapped in a human’s body mentally and won’t flourish like we were supposed to. In short the concept of school is horrible but the concept of learning things you like is what matter most. Thank You for reading this.

O.k. — I’ll weigh in here. In any one given moment, you’re right. You don’t need Lord of the Flies, you don’t need to understand the periodic table of elements, you don’t needlinear algebra. Sure, there are some folks who may need them in a given career, but not so much that we should argue that all students should be forced to learn them if learning the discrete skills was the whole point. (For the record, I actually think you could make an argument that American Government / Civics is the only content that should be mandatory, but I’ll leave that to others.)So why study the stuff we study? I’ll go into two reasons — one is practical, one is more philosophical.

First — the practical. There are a ton of skills that are incredibly useful for students to learn so that they can be contributing citizens, workers, scholars, people in an increasingly complex society. So think about the texts we read as ways to become better readers, writers, because the ability to decode information is essential to learn. Think about our five core values as skills to master, and then think of the fact that an effective way to learn those skills is through the content we teach.

But that’s not necessarily the most compelling reason, and for that, let’s get a bit more philosophical. Let’s say that it is important to be able to apply intelligent lenses on the world to make sense of it. And with the problems facing our society, we need students who can apply different lenses to those problems to make intelligent choices about them.

So why do we study science? Because regardless of what you do with your life, to be an effective citizen of the world in the 21st century, you must have a fundamental understanding of science so that you can make informed decisions about how the manner in which we live our lives can affect the world.

Why do we study history? Because we must be able to understand what has come before us if we are to understand what may follow… and what our role is in what comes next.

Why do we study math? Because it teaches us to apply logic to problems, because sometimes it is important to be able to attack a problem with the force of pure logic.

Why do we study foreign languages? To remind us of the incredible diversity of our world. So that we never allow ourselves to fall victim to the simplistic idea that our culture, our ideas, our language is the only one that matters.

And why do we read books? Because every book we read gives us the ability to view the world through the eyes of someone else. Because every novel is an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the ideas and views and imagery of another. Because there is beauty and complexity and awe and wonder in the written word, and because we learn so much through the idea of narrative. Because at the heart of being human is the idea of telling stories, and because a shared reading of a novel with people we respect and care about ties us into the storytelling tradition that is as old as time itself.

hmm very interesting and it’s good to see it from others’ points of view and I see what you mean by the philosophical way and practical. Thank you for actually giving me reason on the importance of the subjects and not just saying cuz i have to. I was in a pickle for a second but now my head is clear [….]