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But that's only a mainstream perspective. Am I the only who thinks that students need to be allowed to learn what they want, and not be forced to accept only limited viewpoints?

They want you to learn how to do all kinds of things, plus whatever they want. Just in case the job you been dreaming about is already taken and you need to do whatever those geometry triangles are for.

And my main theory is it gives parents something to actively latch onto to take part in their kids learning.
Besides, to whover runs public shoool, mainstream is always right.

Just because something is mainstream or traditional doesn't mean it's right. It sometimes feels like I'm one of the only beings around here who still believe that things can be changed.

I was being sarcastic when I said the mainstream was always right. Couldn't you tell?

^No. I'm usually sarcasm blind.

Um, okay, go ahead. Me being my trusting self, I take what people say at face-value a lot.

Often, when someone says something that you know contradicts their oppinion in a flat voice or with an eyeroll, that's more than likely to be sarcasm. Does that make sense?

Yes, but other times people use sarcasm while smiling or in a normal tone of voice.

If an negative responce is expected they will say something over the top positive.

That's...kind of odd. Humans are so incomprehensible sometimes.

Sarcasm as a whole is a means of making a mockery out of an idea by siding for it. I imagine in its initial stages it consisted of people using exaggerated and "ridiculous" mannerisms to illustrate how ridiculous the idea itself is (this person is acting ridiculous, therefore they are a ridiculous person, and by association, any idea they go along with is ridiculous). Then once the idea of sarcasm was established, people then began taking it one step further and flipped things around to where the idea itself is something commonly accepted as something absurd, and the person sides with it with a mostly calm demeanor. Note that the latter variant is a bit more subtle at times as there are some people that would agree with those ideas, thus it takes a bit of time hanging around a person to establish a baseline to work off of to be able to detect their sarcasm.

Am I? I am often unsure. I might be an incarnated space rainbow crystal angel cat.