Why bother with Socratic Seminar? (response)

History:
I think we need to learn history because it is important to know about what other people have done before us and learn from their experiences.
Literature:
We should learn literature because it is important to be able to know about the authors and their backgrounds and the books they have written.
Language Arts:
This is very important to learn in order to construct sentences with correct punctuation and speack well.
Geography:
This is important, I think, so we can know where countries and cities are.