This book is way up there on my list to read! And I really should, because I probably don't agree with everything, but I probably also know nothing. Rant follo

This book is way up there on my list to read! And I really should, because I probably don't agree with everything, but I probably also know nothing. Rant follows: I went home from school every day seeing an application in my own projects for everything I learnt, from mathematics to history, because I could include it in my software projects, or table top related games, so the text reminded me of teenager's typical complaints regarding learning mathematics. Kids say that they don't need mathematics because it has no application in the real world, but if kids were qualified to make that comment, then they should be out working from a very young age, to gain real world experience. "5 + X = 8" represents abstract thought, which kids find challenging, and teenagers don't like to be challenged, whereas, when kids start to read and write, they love being challenged, and yet, they comfortably learn a tool which also represents abstract thought. I think teenagers are just learning to be sufficiently lazy and pragmatic, but that they aren't qualified to know how to stretch their brains in the long term.