Yeah... I recall those days in high school and university where it was the same discussion... “how on earth is ____ relevant to my future life?” or “how will this help me to get a job in the field I want?”
I have a friend who went to high school in the 1960s.... a really bright dude who had great self-learning skills and he was always ahead of the teachers. In grade 9 high school, a ‘typing course’ was mandatory for anyone in the arts and science programs. As things unfolded, my friend became an independent computer specialist and as he often says, his grade 9 typing course became the most valuable thing he learned in high school.
I successfully resisted typing class, and still became a software engineer. I am incredibly fast and hunting-and-pecking.