Title: School is for Fools: 10 Reasons the Education System is a Failure | StartGainingMomentum
Headings: School is for Fools: 10 Reasons the Education System is a Failure
School is for Fools: 10 Reasons the Education System is a Failure
[Last updated 6th November 2019]
The Education is Important; Schooling is Not
Like When George Orwell’s Writing Didn’t
Qualify for the “High Standards” of Academia
8-Year Old Ludvig Gets “Put Into His Place”
A Passive-Aggressive Thesis Adviser Tries to Stop 22-Year Old Ludvig from Getting an Auspicious Start to His Career
The “Institutionalization of Knowledge” and Its Problems
This is a Really Shitty Final Rite of Passage Before Entering Work-Life
Like My Friend Kyle Eschenroeder Wrote a Few Years Ago:
The School System is a Failure
The School System Was Created for the 18th Century!
Reason #2: School Teaches You to Fit in…to an Obsolete Economy!
Reason #3: School Turns You Into a Sissy Conformist
Reason #4: School Breaks Down Most People’s Will to Learn
Reason #5: School Doesn’t Cultivate Self-Knowledge
Reason #6: School Turns Independent People into Co-dependent Peons
Reason #7: School is Full of Propaganda
Reason #8: School Doesn’t Teach You How to Think & Develop Your Own Style
Reason #9: School Gives You a False Certainty about Things You Can’t Know
Reason #9b): School Conditions You into Having an Unhealthy and Irrational Fear of the Unknown
Reason #10: School Indoctrinates False Rules That Handicap You for the Real World

Content: Napoleon’s Education System in France: 50-something years later, Napoleon noticed how successful Frederick’s education system had been and decided to copy it for France, with some minor adjustments. For example, Napoleon wanted his education system to: Train competent personnel (military leaders, scientists, and engineers) for his army and administration. Indoctrinate citizens into obedience and patriotism (and wrest power from the Christian church to the state). Like Frederick, his system was also a massive success— for its intended purposes. The skill with which Napoleon’s engi