Eliezer, never mind black, the true iconoclasts don’t go to school. I quit in 10th grade and became an emancipated minor. In the three years prior, I refused to do homework, citing the 13th Amendment. My motivation echoes yours: I could not abide fakers, and public school abounds with them. Fake lessons. Fake arguments. Fake sentiments. Public school is a thinly disguised day care center.
Fortunately, education is not the same as schooling, and there are plenty of ways to become better educated in private life. Then I discovered as an adult that being unconventionally educated could be a competitive advantage.
Ask yourself: “would I self-study this material anyway if I had the next three-five years paid for? Would this occupy a large part of my time regardless of what I’m doing?” If so, it’s worth it.
As opposed to what? The business world is relentlessly honest?
I wouldn’t say the business world is relentlessly honest in all things, but when the rubber meets the road, business either provides what the consumers want, or gets shouldered aside in favor of someone who does. This keeps them marginally more honest than in the educational system where the consumer who pays for it is generally not the student and they’re generally left free to pursue whatever absurd fantasies they please in the name of demonstrating how “intellectual” they are.
Eliezer, never mind black, the true iconoclasts don’t go to school. I quit in 10th grade and became an emancipated minor. In the three years prior, I refused to do homework, citing the 13th Amendment. My motivation echoes yours: I could not abide fakers, and public school abounds with them. Fake lessons. Fake arguments. Fake sentiments. Public school is a thinly disguised day care center.
Fortunately, education is not the same as schooling, and there are plenty of ways to become better educated in private life. Then I discovered as an adult that being unconventionally educated could be a competitive advantage.
As opposed to what? The business world is relentlessly honest?
I wouldn’t say the business world is relentlessly honest in all things, but when the rubber meets the road, business either provides what the consumers want, or gets shouldered aside in favor of someone who does. This keeps them marginally more honest than in the educational system where the consumer who pays for it is generally not the student and they’re generally left free to pursue whatever absurd fantasies they please in the name of demonstrating how “intellectual” they are.