Public Education

Government schools teach that which government deems necessary, and are therefore lacking in the areas actually required to do anything other than perpetuate government control. If you view government as a parent, and if a parent's job is to teach their children NOT to need them, then public education has been a spectacular failure. I learned nothing of any actual use in primary school, such as macro economics, civics or anything other than a socially acceptable, popular version of history. English. English was OK. Hell, learning how to do my taxes would have been a plus, let alone being taught that our system of taxation was deemed unconstitutional before it was finally jammed down our throats. There's something not commonly taught in public schools. The trend has been, not towards individuality and self sufficiency, but towards dependency and collectivism. Also known as, I believe, hell in a handbasket.