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"Out of public schools grows the greatness of a nation." - Mark Twain

• oifjsidjf 4y ago
  Counterexample: school teaches you all kind of useless shit that you will NEVER need in life but when you question that they shoot you down like you're stupid. This is the greatest sin of teachers and schools. Kids are NOT stupid, they see this very well. Do you know what schools don't teach? How much $$$ money you lose through taxes. >> "Out of public schools grows the greatness of a nation." "Out of public schools grows the indoctrinated masses of a nation".
  • Ztynovovk 4y ago
    > all kind of useless shit that you will NEVER need in life Let’s see, looking back: Anything past basic mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science. In fact, most of the hard science and STEM related classes have turned out to be totally useless in my day to day and professional life. The things/skills from classes that I have continually utilized: Public Speaking, Debate Club, Professional Writing, Philosophy, Logic, Sociology, I even attended a single symposium on FBI negotiation tactics. The older I get the more I come to understand C. West’s position that “the removal of classics is a spiritual catastrophe.”
    • jleyank 4y ago
      Guess you make websites. Those doing numerical modelling use chemistry, physics and/or mechanical engineering along with calculus and probability. The quants use a bunch of this as well. These might be niche markets to the HN audience but there’s a whole lot of cpu spent on aircraft or auto design (fluid dynamics or finite element analysis), drug design (chemistry or physics) and other type of econometric modeling.
• gweinberg 4y ago
  Well, the fact that Twain said it doesn't prove it's absurd nonsense, but it certainly suggests the possibility.
  • Konohamaru 4y ago
    He was the wisest mortal man to walk the Earth after King Solomon, and one of the most righteous also.