I hope it’s an exaggeration to say that “school is mostly a waste of time” is a relatively common view here. I would propose that there are a minority of people who don’t benefit much from school — perhaps just a small minority — and that this minority is overrepresented here.
My feeling is that many of the people which did not benefit tend to “generalise from one example” and assume that’s true for most kids.
Actually, I (despite being generally pro-schooling) would say something stronger than you: there is a minority of people who are actually harmed by school compared to a reasonable counterfactual (e.g. home-schooling for some). Plus, many kids can see easily where the system is failing them, less easily where it’s working.
If we take “relative” to mean “relative to the general population”, then I think “relatively common” is a fair description—even if it is a small minority
I hope it’s an exaggeration to say that “school is mostly a waste of time” is a relatively common view here. I would propose that there are a minority of people who don’t benefit much from school — perhaps just a small minority — and that this minority is overrepresented here.
My feeling is that many of the people which did not benefit tend to “generalise from one example” and assume that’s true for most kids. Actually, I (despite being generally pro-schooling) would say something stronger than you: there is a minority of people who are actually harmed by school compared to a reasonable counterfactual (e.g. home-schooling for some). Plus, many kids can see easily where the system is failing them, less easily where it’s working.
If we take “relative” to mean “relative to the general population”, then I think “relatively common” is a fair description—even if it is a small minority