School Daze II DJ

"Kids will learn anything they want to learn, anything they have a use for. But to make them learn things they don't have any use for, you have to send them to school."
--Julie, My Ishmael

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This quote made me think. You know, the whole chapter in general made me think. On one hand, we have the subjects in school like Chemistry, Geometry, Ancient Studies, and a whole billion other different fields of learning because the teachers want to expose us to different things that we can do as a career if we so choose.

On the other hand, it makes me wonder if fields of learning such as Spanish class are really to help us in life, when we may grow up doing something that relates to Spanish about as well as a bowling ball can float.

For example, let me take the example of Spanish class. It may be useful to know in the certain frame of time that we are currently in, and because I live in San Diego, close to the border. However, one of the things that I would be looking forward to doing with my life is writing and international law. Okay, so there are technicalities involved, such as translating, and having Spanish-speaking clients. But when it comes to International Law, the main things that I would be dealing with are conflicts between whole countries. Because English is still quite a dominating language in most of the world, I would presumably be using English when communicating with foreign countries.