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[xkcd] 11th Grade (19 Dec 2008)
(programming.dev)
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And the ten minutes striking up a conversation with that strange kid in homeroom sometimes matters more than every other part of high school combined.
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[Above a bar graph:]
11th-grade activities:
[The y-axis is labeled:]
Usefulness to career success
[Above the x-axis are two small bars and one huge bar. Below the x-axis, each bar is labeled:]
900 hours of classes
400 hours of homework
One weekend messing with Perl
I kind of take issue with the idea that education is simply vocational training. Not that I necessarily think that's what Randall is trying to say here. But I feel like a lot of discussions about the current state of education in the US (and especially higher education) frame it that way.