Let me say right from the outset that there are some, few people who enjoy their time at compulsory school and may even, it must be admitted, benefit enormously from it (although these are benefits that could be had far better without the coercion)

The pupil is thereby "schooled" to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

"We teach every young person the same subjects in mostly the same ways, irrespective of individual talents and preferences. Students who don’t learn best by sitting still at a desk are made to feel somehow inferior, while children who excel on conventional measures like tests and assignments end up defining their identities in terms of this weirdly... See more