Then [Danny's] face grew gloomy once more. "Darn old history anyway," he said. "I hate that subject. Why do they have to teach it?""Better hurry up and get yourself a couple of cookies," his mother advised. "You sound to me as though your brain is giving way. How could you be educated without knowing something about the history of the human race?"
"...I guess you're right. We do have to learn some history. But it's so dull—all those names and dates."
"Funny," said Mrs. Dunn, sprinkling a little water over another shirt. "When I was a girl I used to think the same thing about mathematics. All those numbers—!"
"But that's different," Danny protested. "Math is fun. It's almost as much fun as physics, or electronics."
Mrs. Dunn chuckled, pressing the hot iron into the shirt sleeves. "It's all a matter of taste," she said.
Danny shook his head. "No," he replied, "science is real. And all that history stuff is dead and gone. That's why it's not interesting."
(excerpted from Danny Dunn, Time Traveler by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin)
It's like the STEM-lord mindset, in a kid's book.
~Χαρά