About Homer. There was a post (in Russian) that compared the mythology of Greeks (safely seen as 'huh, the guys had it wrong so many times, there are no apples to make you eternally young etc.') and contemporaries ('there are miracle formulae that will get you to be in just as great physical shape as you were at 20 years old.) The main idea was that the same visions still are percolated under different names. So if you teach ancient texts in the 'recognizing myths in your own thinking' context, it might be a real help.
So if you teach ancient texts in the 'recognizing myths in your own thinking' context, it might be a real help.
Unfortuantely seeing errors in other peoples thinking often doesn't transfer to seeing them in your own thinking.
I was looking at a discussion of what should be in a college curriculum, and as such discussions seem to go, there was a big list of things everyone should study, and some political claims about what's being offered but shouldn't be.
Instead, what do you wish you'd studied in college? What do you wish other people had studied in college? On the latter, do you think everyone should have studied it, or do you just wish more people knew about it? Approximately what percentage of people?
Of course, this doesn't have to be limited to college. People could learn the same things earlier or later.