you are taught a variety of materials for 2 reasons:

1) to give you an idea of what each subject matter contains and the kind of work you will be doing in the future. If you like math, then u'll prolly want to go into Engineering or Science. If you like writing and arts, then you'll want to go into Sociology, Philosophy, Phycology etc. If you're in between n just want to make money, you'll want to into business.

2) To learn how to learn. Every year the amount of material you have to study increases and you're able to handle the increase because not only is your brain is maturing but you have developed skills on how to memorize and organize the information more efficiently.

Most of schooling is about number 2 because until you get to graduate decrees like MBA's or PHD's most of the material you learn you will not actually have to use on the job. Most jobs teach you everything you need to know in order to perform the job when your hired. However, by completing schooloing you will be able to learn what they want you to do quicker and you will perform more efficiently on the job.

Obviously this^^^is not the case with every succesful person in the world. But it accounts for the majority.

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