I know almost nothing about sports or what is on regular TV, (I like Discovery and History channels mostly).
You actually could learn more about those topics if you watched history channel but it's harder to remember things that you really don't care about, (or watch them in the first place)...but sometimes they make it pretty interesting where the books I read about it in school were really boring. Still, I have no interest in learning anything about sports.
Tell your teacher that "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing" because a lot of people learn a little about a topic and then think they understand it all...then they take that little knowledge and attack innocent countries like G Bush did in Iraq<---see, now you know something about politics. 
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Just because one plane is flying out of formation, doesn't mean the formation is on course....R.D.Lang
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