I like your direction of thought, but I think we should make sure we don’t over correlate education with vocational utility. School isn’t always about work, and

I like your direction of thought, but I think we should make sure we don’t over correlate education with vocational utility. School isn’t always about work, and not all education should be about work or jobs or whatever. That’s why I really like that you included how well they work with others. Personally, I never felt like school was about memorizing facts (maybe some history classes…), but I also had two parents with advanced degrees who repeatedly told me that school was about learning to think and learning to learn (and learning to time manage). I feel like the vocational focus a lot of people have on education really hurts some fields of study - the humanities gets a lot of hate both on HN and in the media. Ideally, classes with projects and essays should push people to think and show understanding of the subject not facts, like you said. The infinitely mocked “why did the author say the curtains were green” tropes actually show this - understanding why authors use certain imagery requires understanding intent, historic context, deeper understanding, etc. especially when applied to new works. I think people like cut and dry fact memorization and objective grading, and this doesn’t fit that cleanly.