I agree. Relevance is something that lessons need and much of the curriculum I encountered in school did a pretty poor job of explaining why I might want to lea

I agree. Relevance is something that lessons need and much of the curriculum I encountered in school did a pretty poor job of explaining why I might want to learn a thing. But then again, a lot of students are in a class precisely because it's a hoop they have to jump through (this was me in a lot of classes). And there is only so much a teacher can do to entice these students into interest and enthusiasm.