1) I bet a far fewer percentage of people use Shakespeare, Steinbeck, or any other literature in their jobs. Is this an argument for eliminating literature from the curriculum? Why or why not?
2) The percentage that do use higher level math are extremely useful to society, but the infrastructure that educates that smaller percentage needs to be large and widespread and accessible to all. A system that selectively educates a small amount of kids in valuable skills probably turns into a privilege filter and decreases the amount of talent educates massively.
1) I bet a far fewer percentage of people use Shakespeare, Steinbeck, or any other literature in their jobs. Is this an argument for eliminating literature from the curriculum? Why or why not?
2) The percentage that do use higher level math are extremely useful to society, but the infrastructure that educates that smaller percentage needs to be large and widespread and accessible to all. A system that selectively educates a small amount of kids in valuable skills probably turns into a privilege filter and decreases the amount of talent educates massively.