> Importantly, after 18 years, people in the USA leave school in debt and are no better suited to professional life than when they entered school at 4 or 5. I'

> Importantly, after 18 years, people in the USA leave school in debt and are no better suited to professional life than when they entered school at 4 or 5. I'm not aware of anyone in the US going into to debt for school before the age of 18. Are you confusing the free public education that's offered throughout the US with the optional college education that some, though definitely not most, take out loans to attend?