the questionnn...

            Now, i'm sure i'm not the only one who thinks this, but sometimes when i'm learning something, i wonder to myself why in the world do i need to know this?! For instance in math, when we learn how to solve equations, i'm sure there are many people that wonder where is this going to be helpful in life? So i want to know how many people change their way of learning when they're learning something they don't understand or they think is pointless. I want to know this because from my own experience, i've noticed that if i don't like a certain subject or i think the subject is dumb and pointless, then i pretty much don't even try. But on the other hand, a class like spanish that i actually somewhat like, or a class like inq which teaches you valuable information for your education and also with your life, then i pay attention and try to get a good grade. In my opinion, I think that people are more likely to pay attention when they're not just learning about how to solve for x or the name of the president from like 900 years ago.