Teachers wasted so much time making us memorize so much made up shit back in the day. I swear it's just because having minors occupied during the day is necessa

Teachers wasted so much time making us memorize so much made up shit back in the day. I swear it's just because having minors occupied during the day is necessary for society to function. The actual stuff you need to learn could be squeezed into half as many years as schooling lasts, or half as many hours each day.