Funnily, where I am from, if you are really bright you studied engineering (or medicine). Dullards like me studied the other stuff -- Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or in my case Mathematics. I don't remember much of my calculus training, nor do I use it in daily life or at work. I wish though that amidst all that maths, I had had the option to study other things, like a foreign language (the only one I know is American English ;-)), or art. Or even better, the real world stuff -- like how better to work on my motorcycle! Grass is greener, etc... I guess.
--ravi
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