I dropped out for several reasons, one being an unstable childhood, but I don't look back on it. I am successful and generally consider myself to be a well-roun

I dropped out for several reasons, one being an unstable childhood, but I don't look back on it. I am successful and generally consider myself to be a well-rounded, critical-thinking individual. None of which school had anything to do with. You can cross parenting off of that list as well. I would like to see different approaches to education. I tend to see worth in our current system from kindergarten until about grade 5, then it seems to go awry. From grade 5, forward, I would like to see a "Pull" system implemented, whereby the students pull topics from a full-circle repository of topics, interests, dialects. Give students the tools to find what they will be good at and give them the space to learn the material they are interested in. Give guidance over teaching. Having been diagnosed with "A.D.D", I found the curriculum was designed for one type of person and was absolutely inefficient for a relatively large sized minority of students. Yes, the Farmer vs. Hunter argument treads heavily here, but that's the point. Most students are great with tasking, others have proficiency of hyperfocus. As a society, we should acknowledge that our current vocational system is hurtful more than helpful. In a system where I could "Pull" interests, I would have faired much better. I know this because this is how I learn new languages, or better implementations of the technology I use today. As many HNer's know, exposure to data and insightful debate opens up new topics or technologies that you would otherwise be unaware of. Why wouldn't this concept apply to education as well?