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> The question is never asked about any other school subject and only mathematics has to justify itself that way

Hard disagree here. When I was in school, there were constant discussions among the teenagers about "why do I need to learn a dead language (irish)", "why do I need to learn french/german, they can all speak english", "why do I need to study geography, I'm never going to need to be able to categorise volcanic vs fold mountains".



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