First of all, the most basic attribute of a language is a communication tool. Whether it is a native language or a foreign language, it is a tool first! Based on the difficulties in learning English, the proportion of high school entrance examinations, and the frequency of use in the future, many voices in society require that the proportion of English be reduced or even cancelled!
From a personal perspective, it is your freedom to be willing to learn or not. From a utilitarian perspective, some people have learned to be lonely - neither have reached the level of mastering this tool, nor have they used it! Useless "tools" will naturally be discarded!
However, we must understand that from junior high school to the latest disciplines and scientific knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, etc. are basically created by Europeans in the modern and modern Latin language department (the origin of English)! Today's most cutting-edge scientific and technological knowledge is still the leading the world in English. If the elites of a country are not proficient in the English tool, it will be difficult to learn and master the latest scientific knowledge in a timely manner. How to catch up with the pace of the world? How can you talk about surpassing! The original intention of education is to cultivate every citizen as the elite of the future (of course, if the facts cannot be done, some people will naturally fall behind)! Therefore, English should be an important subject no matter what.
There is a saying that children are excellent in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, but they are not good at English. Therefore, the English tool discipline has been buried and delayed. In fact, science is really good and will achieve something in the future. For the above reasons, the tool of English is even more important!
In fact, after high school, I can’t master the English tool! It is also in the enlightenment stage.
It is your freedom for anyone to learn whether they are studying or not! But from a national perspective, English must be an important subject.