Disagree. I find that there is a lot of supposed value in everyone learning all the foundations but I often wonder how much money, time and potential for other

Disagree. I find that there is a lot of supposed value in everyone learning all the foundations but I often wonder how much money, time and potential for other outcomes has been wasted on everyone being forced to learn things they never use. This is totally verboten to say I suppose but languages are very much like this, and so is much of maths. Not saying the options should not be there or the classes should not be full of kids, just that the sense that its "of course" a good idea for everyone to get these same foundations is overly prescriptive and ignores all the other possibilities and the lack of value most people actually gain from them.