What should children learn in school?

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answer:It’s not how interested they are that matters, it’s how they will use it that matters. That said, I just don’t want to learn anything that I will forget after exams. I hate math, but I try to learn it since I know it will be helpful in real life. But how about programming? What the hell do I use those command for? I think they should teach us something practical, no matter how boring it is. We learn and use, not forget.

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