Hot take: elementary education is important

Saying the below at a risk of sounding a big-time old school, pun intended :)

Have seen Millennials, GenZ and Gen Alpha shit a lot on how the education imparted in school has never helped them in life (exhibit A: "bro, wtf do I do with mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, day 5000 since I used tan(x) in real life, yada yada yada").

I think the key issue lies with expecting too much from a school-based education. I believe the core reason of schools' education is to impart a fundamental understanding of multiple subjects, that creates a broad knowledge base. This serves as a foundation for further specialization (college) along with the personality/interest you've developed as an individual for the last 16-18 years. Likewise, the point of a college (undergrad) is to teach a certain subject bit more in detail, enough to help you secure a job and lead a life. Point of a MBA/MS/M.Tech/M.Com is to teach you how to be a pure specialist in that subject (and hence the term Masters), and so on and so forth.

People these days be quitting schools quoting the examples of Bill Gates and Zuck, ignoring the fact that he dropped from HARWARD, not KV Faridabad.

Rant over. If you have a different take, shoot 'em!