No one knows what a 12 year old is gonna end up doing with their life. It’s better to give them as many tools so they have the opportunity to follow through with something. A kid wont grow up to be an engineer if they didn’t learn geometry fundamentals in middle school, or a nurse if they didn’t learn basic anatomy, or a chemical engineer if they didn’t learn how chemical reactions occur.
No one knows what a 12 year old is gonna end up doing with their life. It’s better to give them as many tools so they have the opportunity to follow through with something. A kid wont grow up to be an engineer if they didn’t learn geometry fundamentals in middle school, or a nurse if they didn’t learn basic anatomy, or a chemical engineer if they didn’t learn how chemical reactions occur.