Lex, please research the work of Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences.  And the work that Thomas Armstrong did to promote his work and make more accessible and relatable for the general population to explore.  I would love to see you interview someone that understands this research and the work that he spent his life investigating and fleshing out.  I used these concepts to help me raise my children and now that I have grandchildren I am even more compelled to use his ideas to encourage my grands and all children to direct their studies to those areas that they really seem to excel in.  However, I also believe that the old "general ed" classes in university and college were massively important to promote basic knowledge for all students of life.   Unfortunately, this is gone now and they choose a major before they are mature enough to know what is what in life or academia.  Then their "education" is so narrowly focused and limited it is almost criminal... not to mention the propaganda and group think that is now the norm in US institutions of "higher education".