why we have to learn so much of things in school that we never use in our life?
449759
There are a few reasons 1) The educational system, and society in general, thinks that by rounding out your education, you will be more versatile to give back to suety.  Further, you will be enriched personally, and that's important to appreciate the various aspects of society and life.  2) It gives you exposure to different fields to help you decide what you want to do.  We are a nation of creators and innovators, and the system wants to encourage that. The education system and society also want people to focus on their competencies so we have maximum efficiency, and that can only be achieve if you are exposed to everything to discover what you're really good and AND what you really like. 3) Knowledge is valued, and it is power.  A creative approach supported by appropriate knowledge opens up new avenues  4) The school systems are mass welfare states for the professors.  To obtain life's earning pass, students are  going to be forced to take a wide range of courses that they are probably even better off without.  That pass enables the teachers to re-enforce their valueless system, and to retain the benefits that the university-welfare system provides them, so that instead of being forced to "do" and actually contribute to society, they can sit on the sidelines and vomit their ideological bile for four years, decrying society that "has it all wrong".\n\nIt could be any of the above 4.
1128042
Well,  learning evolved through people asking each other for information and passing knowledge down through the spoken word. Of course this means that a little of it got lost on the way.  But an incredible amount survived.  We amaze ourselves sometimes by discovering something that other people have aalways known and are surprised that we did'nt know.\nSometimes we think that we're smarter than people who lived  long ago, but we just have more technology now.  Imagine how clever, people like Galileo and Copernicus must have been with their  astronomy studies without the  instruments that we now have.
481265
Yes, I agree it is.  We do get so much information  on things but alot of those things we do not know enough about to even understand the information on them!!!
193537
It still takes a work ethic to learn the information needed. Just because the information to be learned is more accessible does not take away from the fact that the person has to learn it. Also the "newbiee" is probably expected to know more about search information through a computer system than you were.\n\nAlso you have to admit that it's not how hard it is to be able to learn something that is important but that you learn the information. Think of it like this, do you think people who are 60 years your senior think the same thing about you? Because you could hop in your car and drive to library cutting off ten minuets for the walk.\n\nEspecially in a BS degree people are expected to learn allot more than you were at the time because technology has grown and expanded. There is and always be relative relation to how much you have to accomplish.
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Maybe you'll use the specific knowledge, and maybe you won't, but that's not really important.  Being a generally educated person is a good thing.  There's nothing wrong with learning things you won't have specific need of later in life.  Learning trains your mind.\n\nMaybe you won't need to know how many planets are in our solar system, but don't you think that's the sort of thing everyone should know just for general knowledge sake?\n\nBeing aware of science and being forced to try to understand it are valuable to society.  If most people didn't bother to learn science, it wouldn't be too long before they started teaching religion as science in the schools.  Oh, wait...
357719
yes education is a rare commodity especially in the US where in the final year of high school you guys are at the same level as we are in Australia when we are 15... then you go to junior college to learn what we learn in high school and this is the country that is the superpower of the world???  oh don't worry I'm not shocked I got too much education and life experience... ha ha ha
952639
Learning is essential to proper development and to living in this wicked world.  Teaching must be done for one to learn.
410752
Because we need a foundation, and exposure to different things if we're ever going to build up some structure of intelligence and understanding of the world. We all use math, biology, english, chemistry, physics, and dozens of other things every day in our lives. Some of us are just not aware we are doing it. And can't see the relation between what we learned, and what is happening.\n\nThere may be no obvious connection at all times, but it is there. Just leave your mind open for now. How can you like or dislike something you've never experienced or been exposed to? Is it better to have had the experience, and then made up your mind on your own? Ignorance may be bliss, but I assure you that a lifetime of ignorance of things leads to a very limited understanding of the world.
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Education shouldn't be dumbed down to answer to the demands of a generation that has been abusing so many things now. Students need to work harder if they really want to get something out of it. I mean, we go to school to learn. Many seem to be forgetting that nowadays.
312313
Because your parents cannot possibly remember everything you need to be taught; also, they need to work to pay for your iPod, among other things.
598643
Life is for learning. Learn as much as you can about everything.
164621
Because when we are kids technically we have a clean state (meaning there isn't that much info in our brain). So if you teach something to a kid they pick it up faster and at multiple rates. And it is much easier for them to remember.
495537
We go to school, because we are supposed to (and we WANT to learn). When we do little things that we don't want to do, we get bigger responsibilities, people trust us more, and we have a bigger self-esteem. \n\nMaking a habit of doing small things (like going to school)when you don't want to, will eventually help you to do BIGGER things that you DO want to do!\n\nGood luck!
78927
So that each individual does not have to relearn all the knowledge of humanity in their own lifetime, but rather we may stand on the shoulders of geniuses and accomplish things that we could not alone. We acheive for them, we acheive for ourselves, and we acheive for our children, our future. We go to school so that we may know, not believe, but know that we are not alone.\n\nThat being said, doesn't school bite sometimes?\n\nGood Luck!
117656
You mean, like why should we have it in our schools?\nBecause kids (and other people) have different learning styles;  because it connects those little dendrites and synapses in our brains to make us smarter; because different kids can "shine" in different areas; because it's expressive; and finally, because it burns some of that wild kid energy so they can settle down in class!
999942
from the day we are born, we are taught, we learn this from our parents, grand parents ,siblings ,other family members. we than go to school for at least 12 years, we are taught again  by many people, many different teachers,  this adds to the already being taught by  the family. now teachers, perhaps ministers and  priests, other children are perhaps teaching us to at this time. at 18 we are an adult,  those who go onto a higher education are now taught by a whole new group of teachers, those of us who dont go on to higher education are self taught. now we can vote ,the polititions are now teaching us how it works.  there are so many things we have learned through our wholelife but it was taught to us, it was manatory. although we may dissagree with the things we are taught in this life, we are taught choice. so to answer your question, parents teachers ministers goverment has to un teach us things, after all it all starts with them.  unlearning something after you,ve been taught it for years, after society teaches you it, is a imposible dream. i say learn all you can learn, but learn you have a choice, and make those choices wise, we also learn that.
640389
Their ability to memorize things are better since they are older and their brains are bigger.  Pre-schoolers don't have as much responsibility in memorizing because they play and eat half the time, and sleep some part of that time.  That means learning isn't only at school but at home and the world around them.  High schoolers don't have to undergo that anymore because they know enough about the world from a more mature and experienced perspective.  This was a rather weird question.