How the voting process is SUPPOSED to work in this country.

to be honest, 50-75% of what you're taught in school is useless information, whether it be the subject itself or the way it is presented/taught.

Things like English, Literature, Arts, Behavior sciences, etc. are completely useless; the careers/jobs where they're applicable is extremely limited; and anyone with any meaningful interest in those subjects are going to learn them better on their own time through actual experiences, not a book...

Maths are usable in everyday life, but this notion of "showing your work" in solving math problems that they drill into everyone from elementary to high school level math is just completely absurd; no practical career/job cares how you get to a solution, only that you have the correct solution; someone who can do math in their head as opposed to scribbling out a bunch of lengthy redundant equations will go further in most careers, especially anything engineering related.

high school level history is useless beyond wetting someone's appetite for history; either you enjoy history or you don't; if you do, you'll be compelled to learn it on your own; if not, you'll forget it quicker than you're taught it. And the history taught in schools these days is extremely limited and subjective; (if history was presented as it should be, not watered down and infused with all this "political correctness" nonsense, we wouldn't have an entire generation of people who romanticize socialism/communism)

General sciences are much like history; it's either subjective or based on theories that change every couple of years; and much of it is too politically motivated/biased

School doesn't teach you knowledge anymore, it merely teaches you conformity; rather than encourage students interest in subjects, it constrains them within a set boundary or consensus/standard; They reward compliance/acceptance and punish scrutiny & improvisation.

In short, school teaches you to be an unremarkable pleb that works a 9 to 5 job; whereas someone who can think outside the box, ignoring established principles is far more likely to become a pioneer of their field, a renowned inventor/thinker/etc.

as a fellow respected engineer/coworker once put it (he worked for Lockheed's skunkworks division under Kelly Johnson)
"a good teacher/professor shows you how to solve a problem; an excellent teacher/professor inspires you how to solve a problem..."

Alas, my example fails to include academia.
I learned that despite the fact that, teachers were out on playgrounds during recess on over watch....they did not "watch over," You couldn't count on understanding where their collective minds and sense of responsibility lay.
What I DID realize in reality was that, not retaliating to bullies in grade school [else.....the inevitable teacher grabs student collar bone on the march to the principal office] was the right way to go. I got my share of pummeling over that little particle of my existence.

Then......I grew. Let's call it evolution and.......no more intimidation.

Liberalism

I actually USE algebra all the time. I use it for price comparisons. If you have 15 ramen noodle packages advertised for 2.79, is it more expensive than 20 packages for 3.59?

I stayed after school when I was in grade 7 to have the teacher explain it to me again. 😊

I don't think my chemistry class was of much use to me. I daydreamed quite a bit in that class, and the a-hole teacher turned purple and screamed at me out in the hallway...so I have a mental block...🤣

Ancient Latin language

I think the idea was that even if you never directly used these subjects again, they helped you learn to think logically, based on sound axioms and premises.

Unlike such mushy subjects as sociology or political "science," whose premises are at best questionable.

Home Economics
I don't need to sew or bake in a classroom.

very true nimby and they taught latin at our school 🤷‍♂️explain that one nimby [nimbus]

I learned I don't remember very well, but I keep forgetting part.

History. How is the color of Cesar's socks important?

Shorthand
Shakespeare unit
How to play football

Calculus and mideval literature.

What did i learn that was useful 🤔

Same and drama class

Pfft! Most of it! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Same...,

The incomplete version of history that the old white men running this country think is important.