Slight modification to the proposed scheme-
optional origins-mythos studies. While there's no doubt of the benefit of such studies, it is necessary to also weigh the limited amount of time afforded to various subjects in the curriculum of a normal highschool or middleschool student.
^_^ some of the posters here seem far removed from their teenage years; i clearly remember a rather hectic highschool career and a rather regimented middleschool one...
yay for rational thought