> *why* they’re learning the material. What they can do with it.*
If the honest answer is that of the few students that every do anything with the material, those will be academics who go on to just study the material more, that should be articulated too.
"In this course we will be descending into a branch of mathematics that hitherto has found no practical application. Perhaps some of you will go on to find some."
If the honest answer is that of the few students that every do anything with the material, those will be academics who go on to just study the material more, that should be articulated too.
"In this course we will be descending into a branch of mathematics that hitherto has found no practical application. Perhaps some of you will go on to find some."