[dan-robertson]

What’s a concrete example of one of the explanations for a reason you were given for your being taught something?

[growingkittens]

Most of what I remember involves "transferability" - the ability to take a skill in one area and apply it in a different context. One way to teach this involves combining subjects, such as practicing reading and comprehension skills in math class with word problems.

There is a keyword I am forgetting which would make this comment easier to answer in detail. If I remember it I will post again.

[xboxnolifes]

Not who you replied to, but the bad one I always got was "You'll need to know it for college".