Push models work well when you have an established career and know what is needed to advance. We've been stumped by Meno's paradox since Plato's time. I wouldn

Push models work well when you have an established career and know what is needed to advance. We've been stumped by Meno's paradox since Plato's time. I wouldn't trust the average high-schooler's judgement about educational choices. At that age it is far too easy to give up. Skip calculus, differential equations and the whole shebang and suddenly you're woefully underprepared for that dream career building drones and military aircraft. I certainly am happy there was some structure to my curriculum (even at the expense of a low student:teacher ratio). I was a very stupid kid - thought myself above the curriculum and all that. Were I allowed to chart my own course I would've been in a very bad place.