I personally loved math. My family instilled strong academic values in me since my childhood to the point where I had an interest and genuine curiosity in math,

I personally loved math. My family instilled strong academic values in me since my childhood to the point where I had an interest and genuine curiosity in math, science, etc. Rigid schooling totally ruined that for me. Mindless repetition of the most boring parts of each subject hammered into you over and over until you lose interest or totally disassociate it with the creative/curious part of your brain. Luckily, I recovered my love for math, engineering, science in college, but I do wonder how much more I could have learned if I encountered that style of teaching from grades 5-12. Anyways, my view is they should require certain core subjects, but use periodic testing of knowledge and applied projects rather than having grades be dependent on the teacher's style (pop quizzes, hours of homework a night for one subject).