Those Inbred Finns Keep Getting Stupider

[Husar]

We do not, not, not teach the youths about Shakespeare or advances math because they need it. And yes indeed it is wasted on the majority. However, we do teach it to find those who can learn from it.

My impression is that school doesn't really teach any advanced math, for some people it's really essential, for some it may seem advanced, but a maths professor usually calls it trivial. Of course that makes it more important to know. It's not just about giving them what they need to do a certain job, as Rhyfelwyr says, but also about making them able citizens which are ready to do a lot of things that go beyond a factory job. A large part of schooling is also about teaching critical thinking, at least it was on our school.

What do you prefer, to find the kids who belongs in the upper echelon, or to skip past them because their [insert number] other classmates will not get it anyway.

I don't really think understanding Shakespeare reveals the upper echelon elite superkids, in many cases the upper echelon elite superkids from space are revealed because they're doing really bad since they're bored.