learn

A six-panel comic. A red-haired bearded man and a dark-haired woman complain about useless school lessons. He says: "Why do we make kids learn algebra that they'll never use in real life?" She agrees: "Yes! So much of school is pointless." She raises her hand: "Like I had to play dodgeball, but in adult life have I ever had to dodge a ball?" He counters: "Was made to read King Lear and have never once had to divide a kingdom between daughters!" Walking together, she adds: "I was forced to learn that humans evolved from other organisms, but I've been a nurse for two decades and have never once had to gradually turn a fish into a mammal!" He escalates, glaring: "By God, the whole thing is a waste of time! Come to think of it, why are we even having this specific conversation when we're never going to have this exact conversation again later!?" In the final panel, the two are shown as black silhouettes facing each other. She says flatly: "Are you done yet?" He replies: "Sorry, I can't stop talking because I never was explicitly taught how to stop talking!" Votey (aftercomic): a small bubble from the same man insisting, "Only chemistry is a waste."