It’s the age-old question: What am I ever going to use this for? Students have had that same quandary about biology, trigonometry, Hamlet and Macbeth, the Red Scares. When is this ever going to be applicable? High school students are stubborn; there is no doubt of that. It can be hard to see the big picture after all, when you’re staring down a problem about angles and buoys and wondering how this is going to help you later on in life. You might think, “How is this going to help…