thats where you are mistaken. a bachur should learn what he needs to learn in order to be able to be a functioning member of society, not in order to get a diploma. where in the torah does it say that anything outside of torah is assur? werent many of our greatest personalities doctors and scientists, and quite well versed in secular knowledge? what is the difference between then and now that makes this knowledge assur? as far as i know, in order to really understand gemorah, you need at least some knowledge of math and science. it relly bothers me when people say that learning things that Hashem gave us the ability to learn and understand is bitul torah. its not like high school boys (or girls by the way) are being asked to learn philosophy and evolution.
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