- Aug 1, 2003
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Has anyone else ever used anything past (x) grade you were taught in school outside of homework, quizzes, tests, midterms, finals, SATs, ACTs, state exams, college entrance exams, etc in real life?
When I was a kid, I always asked myself "How am I ever going to use this in real life" on several things we were taught in school. To this day, I still ask myself that question.
Now, if you're in college for medicine and someone's life may depend on what you learn, I don't have a problem with that, and you should learn everything you can.
For things like Foreign language, they may actually have a practical purpose some day.
It's the stupid things like electron locations in an atom, proofs, or how many atoms of x element are in 80 grams of y compound (general subjects)
Maybe the saying "I've gotten along all my life without knowing this, and I've done just fine." is just shooting yourself in the foot :/
When I was a kid, I always asked myself "How am I ever going to use this in real life" on several things we were taught in school. To this day, I still ask myself that question.
Now, if you're in college for medicine and someone's life may depend on what you learn, I don't have a problem with that, and you should learn everything you can.
For things like Foreign language, they may actually have a practical purpose some day.
It's the stupid things like electron locations in an atom, proofs, or how many atoms of x element are in 80 grams of y compound (general subjects)
Maybe the saying "I've gotten along all my life without knowing this, and I've done just fine." is just shooting yourself in the foot :/