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I thought school was for basic education, not getting ready for the labor market.
The point of school is to churn out workers. The government didn't throw money into education because it felt generous.
I don't think I need to learn chemistry and physics to get a job.
They're worth learning to understand the universe and the history of how that knowledge was derived and/or discovered.
If it helps you get a job, all the better, but they're worth learning for their own sake.
And that's how we accidentally get chlorine gas made by the janitors