@grimalkina Please feel free to tell your spouse that their work is appreciated. My most memorable (in a good way!) teachers were in the sciences, and in English. Thanks to the latter, I know how to convey my thoughts cogently (but not concisely, alas). Thanks to the former, I can detect some variants of bullshit waay better than I might otherwise, and can reason about how something works, or how to solve a practical problem. All of these come in handy on a near-daily basis.