My daughter finally crossed the bridge in her academic career where she questions why she must learn silly things. She questions the need to know about rivers located in Europe in the year 400. I have always told her she needs to know how to do math since it is involved in handling money. I’ve told her she needs to know how to read, that way she can educate herself. And I’ve told her knowing a little bit of science will certainly help in life.
I agreed with her that knowing about those rivers in the year 400 seems pointless. I urged her to focus on the reading comprehension from the…
