Learning is Good, Especially for Jeopardy

This is my homework assignment tonight: Hope you, whoever you are, find it entertaining.

So, the reasons I should give a ...[darn]... about world history:

• History teaches you patterns to recognise in current events. History DOES repeat itself, after all.
• People constantly reference history in speeches, talks and that kind of stuff. You know, the Iraq War being a crusade and all that.
• Tests. You need to know history to pass tests to get into colleges to lead a successful life. Face it, we live in a class society: the educated vs. the uneducated. People who get, or don't get money, respectively.
• Conversation: Educated people who talk about history in your presence may ask your opinion on, say, the authorship of supposed Shakespeare plays. Responding not knowing what Shakespeare is could lower your social status.
• Trivia TV Shows/Board Games: A problem of money and fun, while the first may not come up often for you, it will be helpful to know history in order to go far (or just watching it at home.) And in less profitable games, like, say, Trivial Pursuit, you will want to know certain historical things.

Now, a lot of the reasons for the following literature, language arts and geography will be similar to the above reasons. I will reference them in a brief manner.

Literature

• Literature often has valuable lessons in philosophy, ethics or just life. Reading them can help you.
• TV and Movies: In these days of Beowulf: The Movie, and Crusoe: The televisions series (on NBC, Fridays this October!), adaptions of novels in forms of media (with sequels...and remakes) overpower original ideas at the box office (I think). It is often good to be familiar with the story so you can mock the makers of the movie when they do something stupid and away from the original plot.
• Literature (or reading of any kind) often increases your vocabulary. A 3D graph of your vocabulary after reading a bunch of novels would seem to be subconically increasing (look it up.)
• Writing: If you have any intention of being a writer, reading literature should be of paramount importance. It will not only give you good examples of good writing, but it will also give you ideas.
  
• Tests
  
• Conversation
• Trivia TV Shows/Board Games

Language Arts

• Learning Language Arts in one language can help you learn more efficiently another one. eg. What a direct object is.
• Understanding People: Often times (hypothetically), you will come across someone (probably with an unfamiliar accent) that you just don't understand. Learning language arts can help you recognise patterns which will help you understand them.
• Cryptograph-thingies: Do you know when you see those puzzles where every letter is replaced by a symbol or a different letter? I don't remember what they're called, but the key to solving them is recognising patterns - exactly what Language Arts can teach you.
• Vocabulary
• Tests

Geography

• It is usually advisable to be competent when it comes to geography just to avoid ridicule. You don't want to be pointing to Australia when being asked to point to Iraq.
• I suppose it could be considered offensive to not be aware of someone's national identity or culture if they come to the United States and talk to you. You would be considered ignorant (go America). It would be even more so if you came to them in their home turf.
• Careers: Many careers require an advanced knowledge of geography, the US Government being a prime example. You could also make a lot of money by making maps, I've heard.
• Tests
• Conversations
• Trivia TV Shows/Board Games