It's worth pointing out that the 'vision' for formal education is that you show up, the teacher teaches you what you need to know, and then the grades are suppo

It's worth pointing out that the 'vision' for formal education is that you show up, the teacher teaches you what you need to know, and then the grades are supposed to assess how well you learned the material that the teacher taught you. I'm not claiming that it always works this way; a long-term transformative process isn't going to be as simple as "show up -> get taught -> git gud". There are substantial and structural issues with how formal education works - for example, it's well known amongst people who study education in the US that the single biggest predictor of your grades is the socio-economic level of your parents. But please let's not forget the "teaching" part of education :)