I could not agree more. As the availability of information increases, the necessity of learning in its current incarnation of "school" becomes more obsolete. I

I could not agree more. As the availability of information increases, the necessity of learning in its current incarnation of "school" becomes more obsolete. It is my opinion that there is a mirror between the lifecycles of education and technology. In the very beginning, the complexities of each required dilligent and strict adherance to rules. As each progressed the systems became more complex and convoluted. At this point they split, even though they should continue along the same cycle. Technology began to shift focus from supplying the necessary information to elegantly presenting complex code in a way that anyone can use it (or write it). Back in the day you had to know how to program machine code to get anywhere. Now almost anyone can use the technology, from a todler to a granny. Technology is so advanced that it is almost natural. "School" has hit this point and refuses to progress towards the natural state of learning. Instead of leveraging the availibility of information and using that ease of access to fortify practicle growth, we are forcing a system of modular selective learning. Learning that spends so much time trying to teach the basics that it bypasses connecting the actual relevance of the subject to real world applications. If this was TL;DR here is a summary: School now is like trying to teach someone how to hunt the wrong way. They make you read a bunch of books, write a bunch of papers, and learn the equations for the parabolic arc of a spear in midair, then drop you off in the middle of a forest "confident" you will survive, when all they had to do was give you a spear and have you throw it a couple times with guidance.