I finished secondary school 3 years ago and already forgot everything, especially everything math related. Why did I forget it all? Cause 90% of the things school taught me was and is completely useless, like the question above. Now tell me, unless you're planning to be a career mathematician, or an architect or something, how does knowing how to solve the question above help you in life? It probably doesn't and you will forget everything 3 years from now, just like I did.
You, I and many people world-wide, spent most of their childhood developing skills they're gonna forget and never make use of. I understand learning the basics, those are important but I still think schools should focus more on stuff that will actually prove useful to you outside of school and more importantly they should focus on your personal interests, help you develop what you're passionate about, what you're interested in. I am pretty sure Finland already does this and I fail to understand why other countries around the world still use this outdated system designed to prepare kids for their future in factories during the industrial era, it genuinely pisses me off and I feel like my childhood has been robbed from me.
This video explains precisely how I feel (forgive the thumbnail): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLSv17…annel=Thoughty2