Comment by petsfed
And this is sort of the case that I was gesturing towards. A good school system is not one that just pounds on you to sit in class until you can regurgitate some fact. Its one that lets students figure out what they're good at before they have to be on their own.
Montessori, vocational programs, self-directed learning on and on and on.
Nobody should have to pick between "follow this specific concept of schooling" or "be institutionalized". That's not good schooling.
> Its one that lets students figure out what they're good at before they have to be on their own.
The best way to figure out what you are good at is to do it. That is not the role of school and will never best be served by school.
I know we've gotten caught up in a society that dreads children doing anything other than academics and sports, but it needn't be that way. In this hypothetical ideal society, it is most definitely not that way. Be careful to not let a poorly considered status quo cloud your judgement.