I Hate Meaningless Music

Why on earth do us tax payers have to pay for schools to teach arts and music? Like it’s absolutely useless to a child and they won’t ever make money from it, so why not just scrap that stuff and put the money towards better maths and science teaching? Kids don’t need to learn about music or art, they find their own.

Sports is a bit of a waste of money as well. Why waste it on false promises of fame or income, only to find there is none?

No, education should be about working with businesses, companies, getting children to get used to actual skills that people care about and will actually be useful for society and makes money. There is no time or place for things that does not make money or is not interesting to companies, businesses or society.

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SW-User

The only really world-famous member of my immediate family was a sculptor. He died a millionaire and his work is in museums and cities all over the world.

NestChicken · 31-35, M

@SW-User yah, and the government took all of his fortunes and taxed you to death for it. Give it a few years, all his sculptures will be broken up in a skip when new management comes along

SW-User

@NestChicken nah, he's really famous and his stuff is everywhere, including like 600 pieces at the Tate. He was smart and put most of his money in a charitable foundation to keep it from the taxman. My family has Suez Canal engineers too, and scientists and architects and even a 19ᵗʰ century Countess, but nobody knows their names.

NestChicken · 31-35, M

@SW-User that’s tax avoidance... let you deal with that. Fact is: some useless management will go into the museums and change it all and get rid of a load of stuff, happens all the time

SW-User

@NestChicken Well, they'd auction it because it's worth a ton of money, so it would end up in other collections or privately owned. Anyway, I know you're taking the piss so imma leave it here.

NestChicken · 31-35, M

@SW-User if it’s worth money, they sell it off to somewhere they’d pay a shit ton of cash and skim off the profit to pocket themselves