While I get that things aren't rosy, I think we do have to be fair. High School is supposed to give you a broad basis of education (at least where I went to hig

While I get that things aren't rosy, I think we do have to be fair. High School is supposed to give you a broad basis of education (at least where I went to high school, which is Germany). This means that you have to take a lot classes on topics that you find utterly boring, not interesting and deem irrelevant to your life. Of course I found my German classes irrelevant and boring. I knew the language and grammar very well and having to find meaning in a green "Emergency Exit" sign being mentioned half way down on page one of the book we had to read was completely pointless to me. I wanted to get out of there and go back to the computer lab and learn more about sorting algorithms. But we only had one hour of that each week. And sure, biology class was at least interesting but learning and being tested on how a bee dances to let the hive know where to find the field of flowers definitely is interesting but to I would venture more than 90% of students completely irrelevant. Now reverse everything I said for someone that is interested in language, politics and public speaking. They hate the irrelevant calculus and are bored out of their minds while dreaming of reading and finding meaning in the next Goethe poem.