your success in a schooling system is a measure of... your success in that schooling system. we have an accepted system of education but that doesn't mean it is a good education system. people have strengths and interests far more diverse than one system can offer.

for some really interesting information about schooling in the usa, look up john taylor gatto. he was a teacher for 30 years and he now writes and gives lectures about the shortcomings of the education system and, more interestingly, sheds some light on WHY it is the way it is. hint: it has to do with power and control