Broadly, I think the mistake is thinking that "what is taught in school" is somehow objectively good or necessary. I've come to think of it more in terms of "S

Broadly, I think the mistake is thinking that "what is taught in school" is somehow objectively good or necessary. I've come to think of it more in terms of "School helps people navigate a world in which you are generally expected to go to school." Some people will get a great deal of value from it, and really need it, whatever "it" is -- it could be what's in the books or it could be what's in the people around you. Some people may not need it much at all. Furthermore, of course what makes this especially complex is the variance in "schools."