I think this is an argument for grading students on knowledge rather than compliance. Forcing students to serve time in the school system as though they were fe

I think this is an argument for grading students on knowledge rather than compliance. Forcing students to serve time in the school system as though they were felons doesn't teach social awareness. It doesn't teach you how to navigate the bureaucracies in society. It teaches you to submit to authority. When I talk about 'navigating the bureaucracy', I do not mean 'following the rules'. I mean something more analogous to 'hacking the system'. My definition of social awareness is, to some degree, not allowing arbitrary societal restraints to prevent you from making wealth and meaningful connections. In this sense, the single best lesson a student can learn wrt bureaucratic hurdles is that there is a better way.