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That's what school does already and most don't go to uni to specialise - so what was the problem again? The current system does everything you refer to? There is obviously no need for a university to learn gardening...

This is first year uni stuff - not PhD level. I thought we were talking about university here? The average Joe doesn't need to go to university...

I completely disagree. Three dimensional differential calculus in spherical coordinates or Fast Fourier Transforms, or any number of other sophisticated concepts in Mathematics (to take your example) are extremely difficult to learn properly without someone teaching you. And knowing how they...

BTW AR I don't dispute the value of a well rounded education for an individual - I personally value having skills in all of the categories you have listed. But I don't think that stuff should be delivered through the education system - it's up to the individual to pursue for their own personal...

See - this is exactly what I mean. What makes you think you know this?

I don't want our haematologist to know about building houses. I want him to know absolutely everything there is to know about haematology AND to be able to differentiate between the facts and all the BS out there on the internet. I'm considered an expert in the Power industry. I did five...

I'll stick with the old... call me nostalgic.