What interest have I... in knowing that some guy (Vitas Bering?) sailed to Alaska from Russia, and claimed it for the Russians, who later sold the territory to the USA?
What interest have I... in knowing the process that creates rain is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
None, nada, zero, zippo, squat.
This information neither concerns my future or my present... and so I ask the question: "When will I need to know this?"
I am past graduation level with my reading and writing... my mathematics is past it as well, but I am ending it at graduation level due to same reasons as I would like to end History/Geography/Sciences (And because I don't want to mess with the difficulty level of that math).
Where am I behind? I need to complete 2 more sections of science knowledge (Earth and weather sciences respectively), 4 History/etc related (AK Studies, Government, USA History, and World History/Geography respectively), 3 levels of technology standards (Vary extensively in level), 4 categories of personal expression (Same as tech), and 3 levels of careers and employability (this one is actually quite worth doing, though it is mostly useless to me because of my individual conditions)...
AND I DON'T NEED ANY OF THOSE. What could I do with that time that would be more productive? I could be memorizing Russian words and Icelandic words and learning to conjugate the two... I could be learning to understand those parts of French and Spanish and Latin that I do not already know... I could be engaging in intellectual conversations to support my grasp upon philosophy and reasoning skills (Like i am doing here).
So my question is posed: "When will I EVER need to know this... and why?!"
What interest have I... in knowing the process that creates rain is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
None, nada, zero, zippo, squat.
This information neither concerns my future or my present... and so I ask the question: "When will I need to know this?"
I am past graduation level with my reading and writing... my mathematics is past it as well, but I am ending it at graduation level due to same reasons as I would like to end History/Geography/Sciences (And because I don't want to mess with the difficulty level of that math).
Where am I behind? I need to complete 2 more sections of science knowledge (Earth and weather sciences respectively), 4 History/etc related (AK Studies, Government, USA History, and World History/Geography respectively), 3 levels of technology standards (Vary extensively in level), 4 categories of personal expression (Same as tech), and 3 levels of careers and employability (this one is actually quite worth doing, though it is mostly useless to me because of my individual conditions)...
AND I DON'T NEED ANY OF THOSE. What could I do with that time that would be more productive? I could be memorizing Russian words and Icelandic words and learning to conjugate the two... I could be learning to understand those parts of French and Spanish and Latin that I do not already know... I could be engaging in intellectual conversations to support my grasp upon philosophy and reasoning skills (Like i am doing here).
So my question is posed: "When will I EVER need to know this... and why?!"
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
