John Green: "So let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools, even though I don't personally have a kid in school: It's because I don't like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people."
replyThis would be a good argument if school actually made people smart. It doesn't.
replyDo you really think that the average intelligence/education level would be higher if we just didn't have schools?
replyMaybe you're an autodidact like many other engineers, and maybe you would have done better without schooling. Such people are a minority.
Like many, I think you're confusing "the school system is flawed" (it is) with "school bad."
Not a great argument to make considering that most western countries are seeing their PISA scores drop off a cliff recently.
replyIf the schools in a given country were pumping out geniuses year after year then maybe you would have a point.
I agree. There are problems with the school system(s). Therefore, the concept of schooling is bad. We should just not have schools!
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