Almost any subject, from the structure of dust to the epigraphy of Sumeria, is interesting if only you are prepared to look at it closely enough.
An exception, however, might be made for the sociology of education, an intrinsically dull subject which deflects attention from fascinating topics (maths, history, literature, Greek, physics) to the boring subject of the social background of pupils.
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