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I disagree. Geography, history and literature take up a rather significant part of this "old guy's" hobby time.

The seeds for these were planted by particularly good teachers in HS.

Well, to clarify, I'm a huge geography, history, and literature geek. I believe that, for the sake of reforming our educational system, less focus needs to be placed on classic literature and maybe have a better redefined and effective geography and history curriculum which covers more in less time. Less repetition throughout the years on those subjects and more focus on more practical subjects such as finance, business, career analysis, and IT. If you feel the need to progress your education in those other subjects beyond the amount that will give you general knowledge, then you can always self study as I have. I'm not downplaying the importance, just saying that the education system puts too much focus on it.

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