I learned a lot in calculus and physics classes in high school and college that I have never used over my 35 year career. But learning those principles was tang

I learned a lot in calculus and physics classes in high school and college that I have never used over my 35 year career. But learning those principles was tangentially beneficial in many ways. It taught me how to solve problems and think through several steps to come up with an answer. When I hear or read stories about outer space, power generation, or communication signals; I have a framework that I can build upon to understand the issue. I have kids now in high school and when I help them with some math problems some of it comes back to me, but many of the formulas I memorized so many years ago are long gone from my memory. But that is ok.