we have created a world where we expect individual tailoring for individual needs, something that a school cannot offer, especially when underfunded and overworked.
Exactly why I left my teaching role. It was an impossible task, trying to treat everyone equally in a 30 student class when there are so many different types and levels of learners.
Having high grades even is meaningless, if they do not translate into value-adding activities that generate the outputs required for a stronger community.
This is the main reason the educational system in the US is falling apart. All the public school principals are concerned with raising their students' standardized test scores. Education has become less about preparing the individual for life, and more about teaching to the test and getting high scores. This is an assanine way to go about an educational model.