"When will I need to know this?"

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I understand completely that line of thinking, and the only problem I have with seeing it that way is this:

I already know the basics I've gleaned most of my scientific knowledge outside of a classroom... and I simply cannot see why I need to do 2 "year's worth" of science projects over things that I have already extensively researched... And yet I can't get out of work I have understood independently.

High school science is boring is a great understatement