By the time you get to your second half of schooling, isn't the point more to expose you to a variety of topics to broaden your base and allow you to explore wh

By the time you get to your second half of schooling, isn't the point more to expose you to a variety of topics to broaden your base and allow you to explore what you like and what you don't? You could ask "what do you find the benefits of teaching this as standard curriculum?" about pretty much every middle/high school class: - Trigonometry? Most people don't need to know how to calculate the pythagorean theorem, only need to occasionally measure stuff with a tape. - Chemistry? Most people don't need to know the periodic table, only not to mix bleach and ammonia. - World History? Most people are never going to use all that Byzantine knowledge, just stick to more recent events. - Foreign Language? Most people are never going to need more than enough to get by on vacation for a week. - Music? You're never going to pick up that instrument again after graduation. Now that computing has become an enormous part of life, doesn't it make senses to pull back the curtain a little? It's not like it's going to do them any harm.