what are your thoughts on the american education system?
it seems like tradition more than anything. but regardless, it's probably good that there is some standard way just for everyone to get together on a regular basis. and especially in the first 5 years or so (ages 5 to 10), i think there are extremely extremely important lessons there. ...how to count, how to spell, how the calendar goes, etc etc etc. After about age 15, however, things begin to get much more peculiar, and start to become quite intertwined with the oddities and politics of society, for better or for worse. if anything it could be good practice, maybe