"being a useful person to society is far more valuable than being smart and reading books"
Did you know that people who read a lot, or are otherwise "educated", can pass a lot of what they learn along to others, not to mention their own children, simply through conversation, and other forms of daily communication?
You don't actually advocate being ill informed, or actually being dumb, as being "useful" do you?
I’m not saying that reading and being smart is bad. But when you make that the most important thing over being productive you run into problems.
How is having a job (teaching), not productive?
You can't "teach", unless you know the material, as well as knowing how to teach it. Knowing the material comes from *reading *a lot of material.
Reading lots of material is also a very interesting pastime, many of us who are not teachers do a lot of reading because learning is extremely interesting, even if it seems to have no purpose for your interests.
Personally, I think archery is a waste of time, but that doesn't mean that it actually IS a waste of time. It sure as isn't to those that enjoy practicing it.
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