Creative Work And Critical Thought, Which Produces

As A Writer, Politician, Scientist, And Businessman, [ben] Franklin Had Few Equals Among The Educated Of His Day-though He Left School At Ten. (...)boys Like Andrew Carnegie Who Begged His Mother Not To Send Him To School And Was Well On His Way To Immortality And Fortune At The Age Of Thirteen, Would Be Referred Today For Psychological Counseling; Thomas Edison Would Find Himself In Special Ed Until His Peculiar Genius Had Been Sufficiently Tamed.

The Old System Where Every Child Was Locked Away And Set Into Nonstop, Daily Cut Throat Competition With Every Other Child For Silly Prizes Called Grades Is Broken Beyond Repair. If It Could Be Fixed It Could Have Been Fixed By Now. Good Riddance.

Grades Don't Measure Anything Other Than Your Relevant Obedience To A Manager.

Curiosity Has No Important Place In My Work, Only Conformity.

School Presents Daily Exercises In Dis-association. It Forces Unwelcome Associations On Most Of Its Prisoners. It Sets Petty, Meaningless Competitions In Motion On A Daily Basis, Pitting Potential Associates Against One Another In Contests For Praise And Other Worthless Prizes.