Yeah, poetry classes are useless at their stated purpose, like the rest of school. Most teenagers can identify with songs just fine; the class doesn’t make them worse at that. Some teenagers, like you, don’t see the point of poetry; the class doesn’t make them better.
The real point of school, IMO, is training you to be reliable. Most people start out very unreliable and it takes years to get the personality change hammered in. But to employers it’s worth it.
Yeah, poetry classes are useless at their stated purpose, like the rest of school. Most teenagers can identify with songs just fine; the class doesn’t make them worse at that. Some teenagers, like you, don’t see the point of poetry; the class doesn’t make them better.
The real point of school, IMO, is training you to be reliable. Most people start out very unreliable and it takes years to get the personality change hammered in. But to employers it’s worth it.